Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Main cut, Racine Boy (?) mine, Silver Cliff, Custer County
- View of miners standing in front of the main cut for the Racine Boy mine, Silver Creek (Custer County), Colorado. They are using wheelbarrows, pickaxes, and sledgehammers.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Old log cabin occupied by Indian - Dirty John - located at old Mission, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Mont., Flathead Project
- View of a Native American (Flathead) man and two other men outside of a hewn log cabin, home of Dirty John, with a sod roof and chinking, at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.; Dirty John Salish...
- August, 1909
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Western History Subject Index
- DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO. COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 12, 1912 March 23
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 23, 1914 September 12
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1918 June
- Entrance to Lady Belle Mine "a"
- View of hills and scrub near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Bell Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Miners and their families
- A group of miners and their families pose near a house in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men, women, and children are probably Italian. The women and girls wear dresses and aprons. One boy wears dirty work clothes and...
- Italian Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Johnstown sugar factory
- View of the Johnstown, Colorado, Great Western Sugar Company in Weld County shows the plant with smokestacks, a water tower, and machinery around it.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Montgomery, Colo.
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, is a group of log dwellings at the base of steep mountain slopes. Grass and standing water are in the foreground. This silver boom town began in 1859, and was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Women and children
- Women and children pose in dirty clothes, wearing print dresses, bib-overalls and sweaters.
- Children--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- November 1927
- Colorado State University
- Drawing of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Printed identification reads: Laurel Street, College Avenue, Agricultural Hall, Chemical Laboratory, Main College Building, Civil and Irrigation Engineering Building,...
- Colorado State University--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- State Agricultural College Fort Collins Colo.
- Photos of the State Agricultural College 1899 graduating class in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, are identified as: Lee Raymond Cooke, Frank Corbin, Howard Empfield Emigh, Newton Monroe Fitch, Lewis Clifford Hall, William Ralston...
- Colorado State University--1890-1900.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Red Mountain, Ouray Co, Colo. winter, altitude 13000 feet No. 31 Brumfield & Gilbert. Ouray
- Red Mountain City, Ouray County, Colorado, is a line of frame dwellings and businesses. Dirty, melting snow is piled in the street; men, women and children pose on boardwalk and balconies. Signs read: "City Laundry," "Bath Rooms," "Cosmopolitan,"...
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1893?]
- Birdseye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; plat of streets, residences and commercial buildings.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Railroad workers, Salida, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad workers pose next to a railroad passenger car, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Their faces are dirty and they wear soiled bib overalls, jackets and duster hats; one holds a dog; others hold a jack, a pipe, a paint...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek fire, early 1890's
- View of destruction caused by 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes remains of twisted sheet metal, ashes and burnt timbers, and former business and commercial district; canvas tents are scattered amidst fire debris; remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Baltimore mine, John Catren(?), Jesse Claire, Dick Chappel
- Three men dressed in dirty overalls and hats stand in front of a wooden shack at the Baltimore mine in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the shack reads: "Private Property No Camping No Fires No Smoking."
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- New residences on west side of Cascade Ave., the most southern - the Antlers Hotel
- View features Dr. Hagerman's residence, Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; a three-story stone structure with dormers, chimneys, and an arched entry. The Antlers Hotel is to the south and and Cheyenne Mountain is in the...
- Hagerman, James John, 1838-1909--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View across Huerfano Street of Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the stone and frame building with dormers, chimneys, half-round towers, balconies, a covered porch and men at work on roof scaffolds on the eastern...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Kit Carson's last staging into Aspen on approach of the D.& R.G. R.R.
- View of the last stagecoach run in Emma, Pitkin County, Colorado, shows a crowd around Kit Carson's stagecoaches and horse-drawn wagons, a balloon-stacked engine and freight car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, foothills are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Emma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868.--Homes & haunts.
- 1887
- The Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View of the west facade of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a stone and frame building with dormers, United States flag, bays, a stepped pediment, half-timbering, half-round towers, wooden stairways, loggias and...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Teller House, Central City
- People dine under the balcony of the Teller House and next to the garden, built in 1934, between the Teller House and the Opera House. Diners sit at tables and are attended by wait staff. A decorative wood fence surrounds a small garden in front...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Denver and Rio Grande Depot at Alamosa, Colorado, May 1893
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story wood fram Victorian structure with intersecting gables with decorative aprons, cresting roof, octagonal shingles, bracketed overhanging lower eave, and clapboard siding...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1893
- St. James Methodist Church
- St. James Methodist Church is at the intersection of County Road Street and Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Three clapboard structures, one of which has a false front, are on the intersection across the street from the church. A house that...
- St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church is on East High Street in Central City, Colorado, next to the old Central City School. The gothic revival structure was built into the side of the hill above a masonry retaining wall and has pointed arch windows and a...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Walking man
- A man wearing a dirty apron and carrying a rope walks on a sidewalk that has been cleared of snow, possibly in Denver, Colorado.
- Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Walking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pacer's son
- Studio portrait of Pacer's son, a Native American man (Kiowa (Plains) Apache) wearing braids, a shirt, pants, hair pipe choker, beads, and holding a tomahawk.
- Pacer--Family.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Kiowa Apache Indians--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Baby in Central City
- A small baby is posed for a studio portrait in Central City, Colorado. The baby wears a dark gown with embroidery and white fringe at the cuffs and hem sits on a fur-covered cloth, leaning with its right arm against an upholstered armrest. The baby...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Central City Catholic choir annual picnic
- The men and women of the Central City Catholic Choir sit in four rows and pose for a photo in front of an evergreen forest in Colorado. The women wear long dresses and large hats. The men wear dark suits and hats. A hill covered with trees is in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Choirs (Music)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Central City streets
- A winter view of the intersection of Main Street and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado; signs read "Head Quarters Lager Beer Saloon," "Bookstore," "Bank," "Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods," and "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1862
- Corner of General Grant Room at Teller House, Central City, Colo, 1933
- General Grant's bed is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The bedstead has carved woodwork and paneling with a finial on each side of the headboard. The bed is covered with a quilted spread. A dresser is next to...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bedrooms--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Kavanaugh standing
- Men and women pose for a studio portrait in Central City, Colorado. Outfits include a floor-length dress with puffed sleeves, a high collar, embroidery on the bodice and hem, gloves and hats with feathers. The men wear moustaches, suits, bow ties,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Father and son
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of a father and son. They both wear suits.
- Boys--1850-1870.; Fathers & children--1850-1870.; Men--1850-1870.
- [between 1854 and 1865]
- 1st mesa, Arizona
- Portrait of unidentified Native American (Hopi) woman with a baby, First Mesa, Arizona, a white man looks on.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bailey, Colorado
- Mr. and Mrs. James Lamping's three children pose with them during their fiftieth anniversary party in Bailey, Colorado. The couple sit in chairs at a large table. Mrs. Lamping wears a dark dress with silver buttons up the front, and her husband...
- Lamping, Edward Posey.; Lamping, James A.--Anniversaries.; Lamping, James A.--Family.; Lamping, Joseph Anthony.; Seeley, Mary E.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1938 December 12
- Railroad station & water tank at Basalt
- A large, round water tank supported by timbers is situated next to the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado. A two-story, wood-frame hotel with a hipped roof, multiple chimneys, and a covered porch is in the background,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Basalt--1920-1930.
- [about 1920]
- Mine near Redcliff, Colo.
- Miners pose near wooden mining buildings, Redcliff (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- 1. Jo Raymond, 2. - , 3. Fred (Aklin?) 4. Jo Cuerto, 5. Paddy Welch, 6. Geo Layden 7. Chas Gow, 8. Jo (Broad?) 9. M. Welch 10.-
- Street scene in front of Georgetown, Colorado saloon. Chan Gow, a Chinese man, sits in a two wheel cart being drawn by a burro. A Pitbull dog is next to him. Other men in suits and hats are behind; the saloonkeeper has a vest, tie and white apron,...
- Chinese--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1892]
- Alpine Street east
- Early view down Alpine Street (6th, Sixth), Georgetown, Colorado. Mainly wood frame and false front businesses line muddy wagon wheel tracked street. The three-story brick Cushman Block shows in the distance and the old firehouse with belltower on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Georgetown printing office
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier printing office, Colorado. Neal Randall, with ink stained hands, wears a vest and tie and poses with a small dog. The room is filled with printing equipment that includes: presses, type drawer files, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1930-1940.; Randall, Neal.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Georgetown
- View of group of men in suits with their burros loaded with full sacks on a Georgetown, Colorado, street. Long handles (shovels?) show on one burro load. A dog sits on side of group. Wood frame residences, other structures and a picket fence show...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1892]
- Rocky Mountain News office - built in 1860, destroyed by the great Cherry Creek flood at 2 a. m., May 20, 1864
- Early view in Denver, Colorado, shows wooden commercial buildings, some with false fronts. Signs: "Rocky Mountain News, printing," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864]
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Evans block
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) St., Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Hurlbut Grocery Co., Columbine butter 30 [cents], Columbine milk 3 gal. for 25 [cents], Coffee 25 [cents] a pound." The Daniels and Fisher...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "Hurlbut's," "W. S. Sanderson & Bro." "Ross'," "The Busy Corner," "The Prescription Drug Store," "Cigars." A tram car is on...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913