Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Old friends, Newport '95
- Two harnessed oxen stand next to a building in Newport, Rhode Island. The oxen have cloth blankets covering their backs.
- Newport (R.I.)--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Rhode Island--Newport--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Manitou Avenue, 700 Block
- Exterior view of the 700 block of Manitou Avenue, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. In the left, a two-story brick building with stone quoins, pedimented windows, and a bracketed cornice has a striped, scalloped awning and a sign:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- The warrior and his bride
- Portrait of a Native American (White River Ute) man, Gray Eagle, and his young bride, Honey Dew of the Mountains (Uinta) on horseback on the western slope of the Wasatch Range in Utah. The warrior is covered in body paint, has a roach in his hair,...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--1870-1880.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Body painting--Utah--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Utah--1870-1880.; Spouses--Utah--1870-1880.; Gray Eagle, White River...
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Cheyenne canon
- Poet Helen (Fiske) Hunt Jackson's grave site; a large mound of rocks and wood between a group of evergreen trees on a hillside on Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. There are several white markers on the trees, one reads: "H H".
- Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885--Tomb--1880-1900.; Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Graves--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- Exterior view of a two-story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and town mayor in the 1890's, this cross gabled, clapboard sided house has a square bay window with embossed molding and a...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Ute Indians
- Studio group portrait of unidentified Native American women (Ute): they wear earrings, headbands, dresses, necklaces; one woman has a buffalo robe covering her lap.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Indian saddle given S. A. Wallace by Sioux
- Top view of a old and weathered Native American Sioux saddle tree with remnants of hide covering.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Saddles--1920-1940.; Wallace, S. A.--Associated objects.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Indian saddle given S. A. Wallace by Sioux
- Side view of a old and weathered Native American Sioux saddle tree with remnants of hide covering.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1940.; Saddles--1920-1940.; Wallace, S. A.--Associated objects.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Buffalo Bill and the Congress of Rough Riders
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the left foreground at the end of a long row of men on horseback. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers. The men are members of Cody's Congress of Rough...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs, Colo. hotels & motels, Broadmoor Ext.
- View of the eastern face of the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs (El Paso County) Colorado; shows striped canvas awnings covering a patio furnished with potted plants, tables, chairs, and a tiled fountain.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Patios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1930?]
- Auditorium, Denver Philharmonic Society
- Interior view of Denver Philharmonic Society auditorium, Denver, Colorado; shows folding wooden chairs, conductor's podium, drape with tassles partially covering piano, stool, hanging lamps, wallpaper, skylight, and wall furnace.
- Denver Philharmonic Orchestra--Facilities--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Bell tower, Star Hook and Ladder Company fire house, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the bell tower of the Star Hook and Ladder Company fire house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was built in 1866 on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The structure covering the bell is square in plan and has four corner columns with Victorian...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Mud structure
- A Native American man wrapped in a striped blanket sits by a mud structure, possibly a sweat lodge, in Arizona. The structure is pyramid shape, made of logs with mud covering the outside; the entrance is supported with log posts.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Sweatbaths--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Arapahoe lodge and squaws
- Four Native American (Arapahoe) women sit by a large tepee in Fort Sill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear dresses with blankets over their shoulders and branches are scattered around their feet. A child stands at the tepee entrance next to a...
- Arapaho Indians--Women--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Children--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Carpet dealer
- Interior view of a floor covering dealership in Denver, Colorado; a man and woman look at Oriental rugs on racks. Sign reads: "Manufactured By John H. Best, Galva, Ill."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Home furnishings stores--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Rugs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian abodes, models
- Reproduction is of a wood and clay model that shows a Native American earth lodge, common to the Pawnee. The tepee shaped structure with projecting vestibule is covered by clay and features a cutaway section to show the framing technique. Covering...
- Earth houses--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Structures--1970-1980.; Pawnee Indians--Structures--1970-1980.; Building models--1970-1980.
- 1979?
- Hot Sulphur Springs, Moffat Road
- View of hot springs site enclosed by stone and wooden frame buildings, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, along Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road; shows light snow covering ridge and muddy wagon tracks leading to wooden log bridge...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- Pima family
- A Native American (Pima) woman poses with her three children in front of a thatch wigwam. The woman and two of the children wear dresses, a young boy wears pants and a print shirt, and the infant in the woman's arms wears a body suit. The wigwam...
- Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Pima Indians--1870-1900.; Boys--1870-1900.; Girls--1870-1900.; Infants--1870-1900.; Wigwams--1870-1900.; Women--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Granby - Episcopal Chapel of St. John Baptist
- The Episcopal Chapel of Saint John Baptist, in Granby, Colorado, features a single story, a vestibule, tar paper covering on the outer walls with a brick pattern on it, and a cross on the roof. A sign bearing the name of the chapel and service...
- Episcopal Chapel of St. John Baptist (Granby, Colo.)--1930- 1970.; Granby (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Granby--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Potawatomi abode
- View of small Native American Potawatomi (Prairie Band) lodge with canvas covering rolled on top of the frame; a pot and fire pit show inside the structure, Potawatomi Reservation west of Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]]
- Granby - St. John Baptist (Episcopal)
- The Episcopal Chapel of Saint John Baptist, in Granby, Colorado, features a single story, a vestibule, tar paper covering on the outer walls with a brick pattern on it, and a cross on the roof. A group of people come out the door after a service...
- Episcopal Chapel of St. John Baptist (Granby, Colo.)--1930- 1970.; Granby (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Granby--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Potawatomi abodes
- Native American Potawatomi (Prairie Band) men and women gather by a lodge with bent poles and bark covering, a wood frame house shows in the background, Potawatomi Reservation west of Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]]
- Granby - St. John Baptist
- The Episcopal Chapel of Saint John Baptist, in Granby, Colorado, features a single story, a vestibule, tar paper covering on the outer walls with a brick pattern on it, and a cross on the roof. One woman walks in the door, and a group of three...
- Episcopal Chapel of St. John Baptist (Granby, Colo.)--1930- 1970.; Granby (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Granby--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Employee's mess house
- View of the employee's mess house at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The building has a wood and brush covering and porch. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Mess...
- 1896
- Eureka, prospector's cabin
- A saddled horse stands in front of a dilapidated plank cabin, Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. A leaning log supports the cabin, which has tar paper covering the walls, a gable roof, and a shed attachment.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Cliff House and Soda Spring
- View of Cliff House Hotel and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows buildings with conical roofs covering both the Cheyenne Spring and the Navajo Spring on Fountain Creek.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Storm in Red Mtn. Dist. in Ironton Park
- View of encroaching storm in San Juans, Red Mountain District, Ironton Park, Colorado reached via Ouray-Silverton stage road; clouds covering peaks of Rocky Mountains.
- Ironton Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Red Mountain Mining District (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Storms--Colorado--Ironton Park--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- After the feast is over, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen cleaning up after meal in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one man washing dishes over cookstove with second man watching; open a-frame canvas shelter covering eating & cooking area,...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Dishwashing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- The camp feast, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen seated at table in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated on makeshift benches eating meal; plates, bowls, cups, jar of Kuner pickles, bread slices, bucket & utensils on table; one...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Camping at Norrie, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Camp scene with two canvas tents and small covered eating area near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man with rifle slung over shoulder holding dead pheasant or grouse standing near cone shaped tent; a-frame open canvas...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Office, Hotel Nast
- Interior view of office area or front desk, Hotel Nast, Nast, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; log pieces pieced together to form multitude of squares covering walls for "wallpaper", stairway, front desk, benches, wooden folding...
- Nast (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Elks Opera House
- Exterior view of Elks Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. In 1879, Horace Tabor contracted J. Thomas Roberts to build this massive three-story stone, brick and iron structure, trimmed in Portland cement. Tabor lost the building...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- U. S. National Bank Denver
- View of the entrance to the U.S. National Bank Building at 817 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The building has decorative window wells and covering over the doorway. Lettering on the windows reads: "The Will of Plato,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1935?]
- General George A. Custer, photo of painting in an album, bust
- Photograph of a painting of General George A. Custer. Painting appears to be based on photograph of Custer taken by Mathew Brady in 1865. Photonegative shows another picture frame in the background and table covering.
- Military officers--United States.; Military uniforms--United States.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
- [between 1874 and 1934]
- Ramona Hotel, opened 1889 and torn down in 1920, located on Ute Pass above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks at Cascade, five miles west of Manitou Springs
- View towards the domed tower of the Hotel Ramona, a popular Ute Pass resort, located in Cascade, (Cascade Canon) at the foot of Pikes Peak on the Midland Terminal Railroad and on the Pikes Peak Highway, El Paso County, Colorado, includes the...
- Cascade (El Paso, county, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cascade--1900-1920.; Ramona Hotel (Cascade, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Ashcroft in 1947
- View of the remains of Main Street in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; includes scattered dilapidated wood frame false front and front gable structures, swayback store, and Jack Leahy's house; aspen and evergreens...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House's original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, with the two pairs stacked and each pair...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [1933]
- Site of Arapahoe Bar
- View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Ice rink in the Leadville Ice Palace, 1895
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot long rink with wooden trussed roof designed by architect C.E. Joy. Ice arches are along the edges of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- Liberty
- A shed-style log cabin in Liberty, Saguache County, Colorado, has a rustic elevated porch accessed by two boards; a wagon seat and an old rug are on the porch. Bird wings are attached to the side of cabin, and a door with a screen door over it has...
- Liberty (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Liberty--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Old military band and cadets
- At Seventh and Macon Streets in Canon City, Colorado, uniformed cadets are in formation with bayoneted (fake?) rifles at the shoulder. One has a United States flag. A suited brass band leads with horns and drums. Brick, two story residences in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cadets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Military bands--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- St. Jacob mine
- The Saint Jacob mine building in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado, is nearly fallen to the ground. Most of the roof covering is worn away, exposing the underlying framework. Portions of the roof have fallen. The boarding house is in the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.; Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Black Hawk
- View east down Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the plank sidewalk covering the concrete flume built to control flood waters, a fence with support posts and two crossbeams, a large structure with center gable inside the fence, a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- Black Hawk, Colo. - 1926
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows plank sidewalk covering the cement flum built to control flood water, weathered buildings with false fronts and/or gable roofs, a wood wood fence, a fire hydrant, Sleepy Hollow Mine, and a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Bathroom
- Interior view of flood damage at the Jack C. Bohom residence in Byers (Arapahoe County), Colorado; shows a bathroom with mud covering the toilet and tub. A doll is in the sink.
- Bohom, Jack C.--Homes & haunts.; Byers (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Byers--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Byers--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Byers--1960-1970.
- [1965 June]
- Black Hawk 1953
- View east from upper Gregory Street (paved), Black Hawk, Colorado; shows High Street(?) lined with residences, plank sidewalk covering the concrete flume built by the city to control flood waters, three people on the sidewalk, and Swede Hill in the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Colorado State College of Education
- Flames engulf the top floor of Guggenheim Hall on the campus of Colorado State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley,...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1951 May 4
- Barry's photographic studio, different view
- David F. Barry's photographic studio and gallery in Superior, Wisconsin, 1312 Tower Avenue; numerous Native American artifacts (many were gifts to Barry), props used in his photographic portrait work and framed images by Barry covering walls.
- Photographic studios--Wisconsin--1890-1930.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [between 1898 and 1934]