Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Spokane portrait
- Standing portrait of a Native American Spokane man and two women; he wears a shirt, beaded vest, gauntlets and a blanket; the women wear dresses, bead necklaces, abalone shell disk earrings; one is wrapped in a blanket, the other holds a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mt. Logan retort Simplex
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, ore cables, chutes, and pipes on a hillside.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver Public Library exterior of Main Library
- Automobiles line the curb in front of the Greek revival style Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Carnegie building features fluted columns with Corinthian capitols, inscription along frieze reads: "Erected in the year of our...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library.
- 1927
- Cow boys, Trinchera Estate
- Four cowboys pose on horseback inside a large pen filled with horses on the Trinchera Ranch in Costilla County, Colorado. The men are equipped with ropes, one wears woolies (chaps).
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Denver Station
- Image is of a 1870s engraving that depicts a busy scene at Denver's railroad station, at the end of 22nd (Twenty Second) Street, Denver, Colorado. Passengers come and go from three lines, the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad, Kansas...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company--1870-1890.; Kansas Pacific Railway Company--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1881]
- Lynching of Duggan in Denver fight of photographers for view of remains.
- Reproduction of an A. P. Proctor engraving of a scene after the lynching of Sanford C. Duggan, murderer and fugitive, Cherry Street, Denver. The dead man hangs from a rope noose thrown around a leaveless cottonwood tree. A policeman breaks up a...
- Murderers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fugitives from justice--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Lynchings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Duggan, Sanford C.
- [between 1868 and 1870]
- Stockyards
- View over the Denver, Colorado, stockyards and pens, shows men inspecting the cattle. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of the Colorado Packing and Provision Company in the background. The sheep market barn is beyond the rows of stock pens.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Ouray, Elks Club
- Two men and two small boys pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club (Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Date Mason Saloon, Pitkin, Colo.
- One Black man poses with a group of men who raise a toast, in front on D. C. Mason's saloon, Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. The men are identified as: 1. Joe McWilliams, bartender wearing apron, 2. Bill Miller, 3. Jim Stewart, 4. Bert Kanoble,...
- Mason, D. C.--Homes & haunts.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Pitkin--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Ramah, Colorado
- Kenneth Gammon, Clifford and Charlie Grosso play stickball, Ramah, El Paso County, Colorado; one wears a baseball cap, one holds a stick, and one has a face mask and mitt. Dwellings, powerpoles, and a windmill are in the background.
- Ramah (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stickball--Colorado--Ramah--1910-1920.; Gammon, Kenneth.; Grosso, Charlie.; Grosso, Clifford.
- 1912
- Alpine, Colorado
- Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, street scene shows frame buildings, an American flag, a walled tent, "Mining Agency," and Badger Hotel. A spring wagon is in the street.
- Alpine (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1882]
- Bicycle club float
- Men in white jackets, kneepants, and dusters pose with their Sunflower Carnival Parade float and bicycles, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with a patterned, tasseled, paper parasol, bunting, flowers, potted palms...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1897
- Miss Anderson holding parasol
- Miss Anderson holds a parasol, and rides a Sunflower Carnival buggy with others, all wearing straw hats, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Flowers adorn the harness, and a banner across one of the horses reads: "Yale."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Miss Ervay
- Miss Ervay wears a high collared white dress and straw hat and rides with another woman and two young men in calvary jackets and billed caps; one holds a parasol, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Their Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy is...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1897 and 1906?]
- Miss Wilson
- Miss Wilson, holds a whip and poses with two other women, in a carriage decorated with crepe paper and greenery for the Sunflower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She wears a high collared, puff sleeved blouse of a sheer,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- N. M. Brinker & party, Pueblo
- N. M. Brinker poses with a woman and another couple, all in white outfits with straw or flowered hats and parasols in their Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Four white horses lead the buggy with a...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Artificial flowers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- People pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy with flowers and greenery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The women wear white dresses with ruffles, lace, flowered hats, and carry parasols; a man wears a suit and holds a ribboned...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- Well dressed men and women wearing fedora or flowered hats, carry white parasols and pose in a horse drawn buggy draped in sprigs of sagebrush (artemesia), and other flowers, during the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- July 4, 1906
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Agnes Memorial
- Tuberculosis patients in Denver, Colorado, enjoy fresh air on the balcony of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, built by Lawrences Phipps in 1903 and named for his mother Agnes McCall Phipps. The men sit in wicker rockers next to metal-framed beds...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Sick persons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tuberculosis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- David McCleskey
- Head and shoulders portrait, posssibly of David McCleskey, son- in-law of John Hamilton Gregory, early Gilpin County gold miner.
- McCleskey, David.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- During Denver visit
- Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, once the wife of millionaire Horace Tabor, walks on a Denver, Colorado sidewalk with other pedestrians. She is dressed poorly in long skirt and overcoat, scarf, and soft hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Aged persons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Legislators' spouses--United States--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Scottish dancers
- Colin Ross is one of four young Scot dancers posing with two adult bagpipers in front of a painted backdrop. Their costumes include kilts, waistcoats, sporrans, tams with feathers, kilt hose, garter flashes, and ghillie brogues.
- Scottish Americans--Dance--1880-1910.; Bagpipes--1880-1910.; Dancers--1880-1910.; Ross, Colin, folk dancer.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Scottish dancers
- Colin Ross is one of five young Scot dancers posing with a bagpiper and another man, possibly an instructor, in front of a painted backdrop. Their costumes include kilts, waistcoats, sporrans, tams with feathers, kilt hose, garter flashes, and...
- Scottish Americans--Dance--1880-1910.; Bagpipes--1880-1910.; Dancers--1880-1910.; Ross, Colin, folk dancer.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Scottish dancers
- Colin Ross is one of five young Scot dancers posing with a bagpiper and another man, possibly an instructor, in front of a painted backdrop. Their costumes include kilts, waistcoats, sporrans, tams with feathers, kilt hose, garter flashes, and...
- Scottish Americans--Dance--1880-1910.; Bagpipes--1880-1910.; Dancers--1880-1910.; Ross, Colin, folk dancer.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Pueblo children.
- Unidentified Pueblo Native American boys and girls gather in circle, some are nude, some wear body paint or cotton clothes.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian Dance, Santa Clara
- A crowd of Native Americans and white people gather to watch a Santa Clara Pueblo Matachines Dance. The dancers perform wearing mitre headdresses.
- Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1920.; Matachines (Dance)--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1890-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara...
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Thomas American Horse, Sioux
- Standing portrait of Thomas American Horse, Native American Sioux, holding a blanket and wearing a cotton tunic, quilled vest, animal fur bandolier, leggings, moccasins, and feathers and bead string in his hair. A headdress prop is on the floor in...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- 1899
- 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?]
- Oraibi Snake view leaving kiva to hunt snakes
- Two Native American (Hopi) Pueblo men leave the kiva to hunt snakes for the Snake Dance, Oraibi Pueblo, Third Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Rites &...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Oraibi Indians lunching in field & throwing boomerang just before Big Rabbit Hunt
- Native American (Hopi) Pueblo men have lunch and throw boomerangs in a field, Oraibi Pueblo, Third Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1890.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Throwing...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Christian Hopi Indians on the trail to a heathen pueblo to hold a gospel street meeting
- Hopi Pueblo Native Americans walk and ride burros on a trail leading to a mesa top, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Arizona--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sergeant W. J. McClure, full blood Choctaw, veteran of Philippine and Border Campaigns
- Sergeant W. J. McClure, Native American Choctaw, poses in uniform in front of other soldiers of the Spanish-American War.
- Choctaw Indians--Military service--1890-1910.; Five Civilized Tribes--Military service--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Military service--1890-1910.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--1890-1910.; Soldiers--American--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Two women ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Spectators line the street; houses in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man, in a tutu standing on a wooden horse, and a clown ride on top of a small cart pulled by a group of Black men in hooded, striped gowns. A man and woman ride bicycles behind the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Cycling--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Camp Modoc, Indian Territory
- Group portrait of Native American (Modoc or Ottawa) young women and children with missionaries at the Quapaw Mission, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In the top row stands four white women, and a white man, possibly A. C. Tuttle, who holds a small...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Missionaries--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; School children--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Tuttle, A. C.
- 1888 or 1890 March 6
- Indian School, Flandreau, S. Dak.
- View of the Native American (Sioux Santee) Flandreau Indian School, Flandreau, South Dakota, includes a buggy on the road leading across a river with a iron bridge to the multi-story school buildings.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Santee Indians--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.; Flandreau (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Rivers--South Dakota--Flandreau--1910-1920.;...
- 1918?
- Indians, Dakota
- Two white women wearing long skirts and necklaces with crosses pose outside a tepee with a Native American Sioux man with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he wears a hair pipe breastplate, vest with quillwork and leggings.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Georgetown House
- Exterior view of the Georgetown House, in Georgetown, Colorado. Four women in long dresses stand on boardwalk under the veranda supported by decorative scroll brackets. The dresses have full skirts, long sleeves and prints of flowers, and plaids....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown House (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Georgetown, Colo. street scene
- View of large excursion group mounted on their horses and burros on 6th (Sixth) Street (Alpine) Georgetown, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats, women ride side saddle and have on long dresses and bonnets; one holds a child. Street is lined with wood...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- J. E. Zrieum (?) at front of ladder, left. Rob Weaver, climber
- Townspeople line edge of Alpine Street (6th, Sixth) for a parade, Georgetown, Colorado. Fireman hold up a tall ladder as one of them climbs to top. Climber identified as Rob Weaver; J. E. (Zreium ?) is at front of ladder on left. Spectators hang...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Georgetown
- View of a flood in Georgetown, Colorado. The steeple of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school, near Main Street, are visible in the distance. Water fills the foreground and surges around rocky patches of earth, houses,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1917.; Floods--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1917.
- [between 1880 and 1917?]
- Loretto Heights, Service camp, World War I
- Female trainees pose with a United States flag outside a canvas tent at Loretto Heights service camp, Denver, Colorado. They wear military uniform skirts, belted jackets and wide brim hats with Montana creases. The sisters of the Academy used their...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort...
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Uniformed troops of infantry men board a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars, about to depart Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many wear uniforms consisting of jackets, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589 heads up a Denver and Rio Grande train of Pullman sleeping cars. Officers guide a troop of infantry men onto the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A Denver and Rio Grande engine smokes, heading up a train of Pullman sleeping cars. Infantry men form line to the train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. The soldiers wear uniforms...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train ready to depart from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, Colorado. Many...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Officers look on as infantry men gather to board Pullman sleeping cars headed up by a Denver and Rio Grande 113 Class 2-8-0 freight engine No. 589. The train readies to depart from Fort Logan, Colorado, a World War I assembly point for young...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army....
- [1917 or 1918]