Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fort Logan, World War I
- A group of infantry men are ready to depart on a Denver and Rio Grande train from Fort Logan, a World War I assembly point for young soldiers, southwest Denver, Colorado. They wear uniforms consisting of jackets with breast pockets, jodhpurs,...
- Transportation, Military--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Fort Logan World War I
- A group of infantry men walk balance beams, Fort Logan, Colorado. They wear uniforms consisting of jackets, sweaters, jodhpurs, gaiters, boots and wide brim hats with Montana creases. Barracks and foothills are in the background; a wagon is in the...
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1917 and 1918]
- Loretto Heights service camp, World War I
- The bugler poses outside a Schaeffer tent in a uniform consisting of a jacket with two breast pockets with one bar above the right one, jodhpurs, boots, canvas gaiters and a wide brim hat with Montana creases, Loretto Heights service camp, Denver,...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- A military man holds a bugle and poses in uniform of jodhpurs, jacket, gaiters, boots and wide brim hat with Montana creases, Loretto Heights service camp, a WWI training center for women, Denver, Colorado. A canvas tent with wide open doors and...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- Service trainees pose holding signal flags (semaphore) with their male instructor, Loretto Heights WWI service camp, Denver, Colorado. The women wear military uniform skirts, belted jackets and wide brim hats with Montana creases.
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; Women soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- Men stand under a tree in military uniform consisting of jackets with breast pockets, jodhpurs, boots, gaiters and wide brim hats with Montana creases, Loretto Heights College service camp, Denver, Colorado. View includes a tent used at the WWI...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- Women trainees enjoy an ice cream cone and tea break under a tent awning, Loretto Heights service camp, a WWI training center for women, Denver, Colorado; some of the women knit with yarn and needles. The women wear military uniform skirts, blouses...
- 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]
- Loretto Heights, Service camp, World War I
- Commander Scotland (possibly), matron in charge, poses under shade trees, Loretto Heights service camp, Denver, Colorado. She wears a military uniform skirt, long sleeved shirt with pockets, a scarf tied in a square knot, and wide brim hat with...
- 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]
- Citizenship picnic at Collier Park Gertude Fonda, teacher
- A group of "new" Longmont citizens pose under a shade tree, during their Citizenship Picnic, Collyer Park, Colorado. They form four rows; children sit on grass, next row sits in chairs with end kneeling and back rows stand.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Immigrants--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.; Picnics--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.
- 1939 July 2
- Alpine, Colorado
- View along the dirt main street in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows large carriages in front of false front, log, and tent businesses, including the "Mining Agency," and the Badger Hotel. An American flag flies middleground.
- 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]
- Platte Canyon Community Church, gift to Bailey, Colo.
- A man and an elderly woman stand outside a building with a modified Dutch, gambrel roof with eaves that extend to the ground, large windows with square panes, and a large cross cut through the wall and filled with glass bricks in Bailey, Colorado....
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Failing, Grace.; Tripp, Gordon.
- 1958 December 15
- Ruins of Ludlow Tent Colony
- UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado, after a fire set by the Colorado National Guard; shows a stove, cookware, a cellar entrance, and charred wood.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arson--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Goldfield, Independence & Altman
- View northwest towards Goldfield, Independence and Altman, in Teller County, Colorado, shows Goldfield at the bottom with Bull Hill far left and Bull Cliff on right. Independence is on the slope between the two hills and Altman is high on the...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Sioux mother and son, Frontier Days at Cheyenne out in the Union Pacific Country
- Frontier Days, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, shows a Native American Dakota Sioux mother wearing a hair pipe necklace walking with a child, a uniformed soldier with a gun, tripods of rifles and a box camera, and grandstands with spectators in background.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1910-1920.; Dakota Indians--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.; Festivals--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1916 and 1918?]
- Unidentified Apache women
- View of two unidentified Native American Apache women; one stands holding a baby, the other sits and weaves a basket.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Basket making--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Aspen, Colorado schools 1880's
- Group view of students (older boys and girls) and instructor from the public school, Aspen, Colorado; posed in several rows both sitting and standing outside of a clapboard building; women wearing dresses and men dressed in suits and ties.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Aspen, Colorado streets
- View toward the southwest along an unpaved Aspen, Colorado, street; shows a man driving a cart, an empty carriage, a man leaning against a telegraph post, and pedestrians along the sidewalks and street. The buildings have masonry storefronts;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1886?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, from Smuggler Mountain, is visible in the foregound at the base of Aspen Mountain. The snow-covered town is in the valley below. Aspen Mountain is covered with snow and trees; ski runs cut between the trees. Highland...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of Aspen, Colorado, taken from Aspen Mountain. Landmarks include the Hotel Jerome and the Wheeler Opera House. Red Mountain is in the background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cherrelyn horse car
- Two men lean out of the weathered Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car at Cherrelyn, (Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The wooden trolley is covered with posters advertising: "Too Many Wives, The New York Musical Success,...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1905]
- Cherrelyn horse car
- John Bogue (conductor, driver and lessee) and his passengers pose on the Cherrelyn horse car with the harnessed horse, on the back platform, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The women wearing decorated...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colorado City, Hose Co. No. 1
- Colorado City Hose Company No. 1 poses outside their false front fire station, El Paso County, Colorado. The firefighters include boys and men of various ages holding the rope of their hosecart with decorated wheels and fire hose nozzles.
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado City--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Never was Capitol
- View a false front log structure on the Broadmoor golf club grounds moved from Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a corrugated sheet metal roof, hand-hewn timbers, a weathered clapboard front with...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.
- February 5, 1948
- Old Capitol cabin had another use
- Facade of the Sam Wah Chinese Laundry, Colorado Avenue, Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a clapboard false front. Signs read: "Dixie Queen," "Old Virgin," and "Sam Wah L-aundry."
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Colorado City--1890- 1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Caribou cemetery, 1950
- Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado; few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot; evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Caribou cemetery fenced 1953
- A woman in a dress walks behind a barbwire fence around Caribou Cemetery northwest of town, Boulder County, Colorado. A few gravestone markers remain; one has a iron fence around the plot. Evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Caribou--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Remains of Caribou, 1953
- View of the remains of Caribou, a Boulder County mining town, Colorado, includes dilapidated log and wood frame structures. Some have sucken in gable roofs, one has a low arched roof. A two-door convertible automoble parks at the Y in a gravel road.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Todd Boarding House, north west over the hill from Caribou, 1953
- View of the remains of the Todd Boarding House near Caribou, a Boulder County mining town, Colorado, shows a sagging gabled structure with missing shingles, and much of the clapboard siding; evergreens and Bald Mountain show in background.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton
- View along a ridgetop to the Lick Observatory, Mt. (Mount) Hamilton, Diablo Mountain Range, Santa Clara County, California; world's first mountain-top observatory built from the bequest of James Lick, carpenter and real estate business man.
- Hamilton Range, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Astronomical observatories--California--1880-1910.; Lick Observatory.
- [between 1888 and 1910]
- Evans Chapel
- Exterior of the Evans Chapel, Denver, Colorado; a small grand, Gothic, stone structure features: a steep front gable with a stone cross, side entry vestibule, stained glass windows, and roof cresting; built in 1873-1878 by Dr. John Evans,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Cassel's [sic] Resort, Platte Canon
- View across a pond to Cassell's Hotel, a summer resort in the South Platte Canyon, on the Colorado and Southern Railway, Park County, Colorado; shows a resort inn with a wrap-around veranda. People, horses, and a woman with wildflowers walk in...
- Cassell (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cassell--1910-1920.; Cassell's Hotel (Cassell, Colo.)
- [between 1919 and 1920]
- Railroad tracks
- View of railroad tracks along a steep slope, possibly in Colorado, shows rough-cut and uneven railroad ties and a pile of logs beside the tracks in a eroded area.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Dog sledding near old ghost town of Ashcroft, Colorado
- A team of seven pairs of Toklat Husky dogs pull a sled with a male driver with two women skiers in tow near remains of the mining camp of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. Valley and surrounding mountains are covered...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dogsledding--Colorado--Ashcroft--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Castle Rock, Col., natural formation of rocks, Jan. 1894
- View north beside the standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western and Colorado and Southern towards Castle Rock, a rhyolite lava rock formation, in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes gabled wood frame...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Castle Rock (Douglas County, Colo. : Rock Formation)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1894
- Predecessor to Virginia Village - 1950 S. Holly
- Interior view of the South Holly Neighborhood Library in the Virginia Village neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Children read and browse bookshelves and are identified as Martha Kaplan and Terri and Dave Holland.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Virginia Village (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookcases--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- East end
- Mine tunnel entrances and ore car tracks are in a mountain valley near frame buildings. Houses have gabled roofs and brick chimneys. A building has a square stone cupola with a finial. Timber fences, laundry on a clothesline, and tree stumps are...
- Houses--1860-1870.; Mine railroads--1860-1870.; Mining--1860-1870.
- 1866
- The walking club, Cro'nesh [?]
- Men and women sit or stand and pose on a rock during a picnic in probably El Paso County, Colorado. The women wear hats, long dresses and jackets; the men wear suits and derby hats. Wicker baskets and glass bottles are beside the group, and trees...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The Boulevard, Leadville
- In this view on the Boulevard, looking to the southeast, two men in sack coats stand on the north side of the road. A post and wire fence is on the south side of the dirt road. A Denver Rio Grande locomotive with flatbed cars is on the tracks, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fences--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Chestnut St., Leadville
- In this early view of a dirt Chestnut Street from Harrison Street in Leadville, Colorado, horse drawn wagons and horses are in the street, with pedestrians along the boardwalks. Telephone or telegraph poles with handbills are to the left. False...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion, Officers
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Quartermaster Battalion, Officers. Left to right top row: 1) Fetzer, James B., 2) Unidentified, 3) Unidentified, 4) Unidentified, 5) Unidentified, 6) Unidentified, 7) Unidentified, 8) Unidentified, 9)...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Quartermaster Battalion.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944
- Henry Crooks
- Seated three-quarters portrait of Henry S. Crooks in front of a bookshelf with several volumes of "A History of the United States," Gunnison, Colorado. He wears a three piece suit and a tie. A poster hangs behind him: "Make Your Study A Pleasure By...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Crooks, Henry S.
- [between 1937 and 1941]
- William F. Cody and group on beach
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the left center midground of a panoramic view of a beach, probably in Europe. A long row of Native American men and women also on horseback line the shore behind Cody. A man wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Panoramic view of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody posing in the center of a large group of Native American members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Sioux leader Iron Tail stands at Cody's right. Many of the men in the group wear...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1908?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. Gaiters that lace up the side cover the lower part of his pant legs. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cowboy riding bucking horse
- A cowboy rides a bucking horse in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his right arm in the air. He wears a cowboy hat, a vest and sheepskin chaps. Another cowboy rides in the right midground. A large tent and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Trick riding--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a pyramid in an arena during a performance of the show. One man stands on the top of the pyramid by balancing on the shoulders of another man. The pyramid is supported by one man...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- View of the Frank Byers property above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado, includes the Willows, a grand two-story house with hipped roof and dormers and the original log house. Three men are outside a walled canvas tent with a stove and...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo
- Several people including (possibly) a Ute Indian pose outside one of the original log structures near the hot springs, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. An American flag flies on pole in front of one of Frank Byers cabins.
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Flags--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Log home at Hot Sulphur Springs lived in by Frank Byers, Mrs. Crowell, his cousin with her children on porch
- Mrs. Crowell stands with her daughter and son on the front porch of her cousin Frank Byers' log house above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. The cabin features a side gable, hewn logs, heavy chinking, wood shingle roof, and a fenced...
- Byers, Frank S.--Family.; Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1909]