Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Industries - construction - steam driven pump
- View of a steam boiler driven pump, canvas tent, and man posing in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pumps--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Cole coupe driven by Hazel (Mrs. Charles C.) Gates on her way to a parade
- Boys ride on a Cole automobile driven by Hazel LaDora Rhoads Gates in a parade in Denver, Colorado. One boy holds a banner that reads: "Gates Rubber Company 112 In Service." Signs on nearby buildings read: "Tom MacDonald" and "The House of Flowers."
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.
- 1917
- West Port[al] CD cable car & electronics
- Men pose by cable driven cars inside the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado.
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cable railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Rico Argentine, flotation cells
- View of mud covered flotation cells in an ore processing building at the Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine near Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Shows belt driven machinery.
- Rico (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Rico Argentine, classifier
- View of a liquid filled classifier in the Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine processing building near the town of Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Fluid sprays from a pipe and belt driven machinery is mounted on an iron beam over the vat.
- Rico (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Rico Argentine Mining Company Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Big Five miners, Idaho Springs
- Two miners, one with an air driven percussion drill called a stoper, pose in a tunnel of the Big Five Mine in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes and rubber boots. An adjustable jack is used to hold up the roof...
- Big Five Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners.; Mining.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Overland cars corner of East Main & Ash trolley tracks
- View of Overland automobiles parked near Bennett and Dale automobile dealership on East Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One-story brick buildings with decorative trim are nearby. Signs on the automobiles read: "Overlands in...
- Bennett & Dale (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Entrance Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo.
- View of the entrance to the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarry located in Marble, Colorado; shows railroad track at center with flatcar, a standing man is dwarfed by a wooden boom, spools of cable labeled "Eschen." Wedges are driven into marble...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Fire the boys are trying to get their clothes on.
- The fireman, just out of their beds in their long johns, jump into their fire pants, upstairs in the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. One man makes his way down the fire pole.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Fire stations--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- Horse-drawn wagons approach on "F" Street during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. They are draped with bunting; one is driven by a Black man. Spectators include a woman holding a baby; bunting and United States flags...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.;...
- 1903?
- Walden, North Park's first race track
- George Dagle drives John W. Riggins' stallion "Stoball" on the racetrack Walden, Jackson County, Colorado. A judge platform and bleachers flank the track.
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing )--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Dagle, George.
- 1903
- Mountain of gold, Summitville, Colo.
- View shows South Mountain and mines, Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado. On back of print: "1. Winchester Tunnel on the nameless looking ridge, just at the edge of the trees. Two men were killed in a snow slide, winter of 1933. 2. The...
- Reynolds Tunnel (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Winchester Tunnel (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1920-1930.
- July, 1928
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply delivered water to the town of Central City and the surrounding areas from the early eighteen seventies to the mid-eighteen eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]
- 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
- Mrs. Crawford Hill exiting her mansion
- Mrs. Crawford Hill rides in a carriage driven by a chauffeur with a two horse team in front of her mansion, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Coach drivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Socialites--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hill,...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mrs. Crawford Hill in her carriage leaving her mansion
- View shows Mrs. Crawford Hill riding in a carriage being driven by a chauffeur, and pulled by a two-horse team, Denver, Colorado. Her residence is behind her.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Socialites--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922--Family.; Hill, Louise...
- [between 1910 and 1914?]
- Unidentified woman finishes defiant message
- An unidentified Mexican American woman finishes a spray painted message on the wall of an apartment building that was damaged in an explosion at 1547 Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. The message reads: "We are not beaten and we do not intend to...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graffiti--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Race relations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- March 1973
- Johnnie Brown driving 6 horses to the old stagecoach
- A group of women pose in and by a horse-drawn stagecoach driven by Johnnie Brown on 6th (Sixth) Avenue in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado.
- Brown, Johnnie.; Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Transportation--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.
- [between 1908 and 1921]
- Parade entry Flower Carnival
- View of a two wheel buggy decorated with flowers as it is driven on Cascade Avenue as part of the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The back of the decorated buggy reads: "Cof [?]". The driver holds a banner...
- 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.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August 1896]
- Breckenridge, Colo Reliance Gold Dredge
- View of a Reliance Gold Dredging Company Bucyrus-built hydraulic placer gold bucket-line dredge in Swan River, French Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines students and miners pose on the vessel.
- Reliance Gold Dredging Company--1900-1910.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; French Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Swan River...
- 1906?
- African-American airmen
- Black airmen from the 332nd fighter group who include John W. Mosley (left) pose near a propeller driven airplane, probably at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama. They wear parachutes and military clothes that include peaked caps.
- United States. Army Air Forces Fighter Group, 332nd.--People--1940-1950.; African Americans--Military service--Alabama--1940-1950.; Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)--1940-1950.; Air forces--American--Alabama--1940-1950.; Military...
- 1944 September
- Kuner Pickle Co.
- Interior view of Kuner Pickle Company factory, Brighton (Adams County) Colorado; shows men and women working with belt driven machinery and cabbages.
- Kuner Pickle Company--1910-1920.; Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canneries--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Pikes Peak carriage road
- View of Pikes Peak carriage road with a horse-drawn wagon driven by a man and loaded with a big crate, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gem - Newhouse, Colorado
- Interior view of the Newhouse tunnel, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows two hand cars on tracks and heavily timbered tunnel walls. The Newhouse tunnel was the longest tunnel of its time, having being driven five miles from Idaho Springs to...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- At the Sun and Moon - Newhouse
- View of two men riding a handcar inside of the Newhouse tunnel at the Sun & Moon mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The Newhouse tunnel was the longest tunnel of its time, having being driven five miles from Idaho Springs to Central City in order...
- Handcars--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ohio & Colorado Smelting and Refining Company
- Interior view at the Colorado and Ohio Smelting and Refining Company, Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado, shows workers posing on a sampler-crusher (?). The machine is driven by a Corliss side crank engine from Burlington, Iowa.
- Ohio & Colorado Smelting and Refining Company--1900-1920.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Salida--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Vidler tunnel
- View shows the interior of the Vidler tunnel with timbered walls and an ore cart track, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The tunnel, to this point, had been driven 136 feet.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1900 and 1902]
- Ice sculpture at the Ice Palace in Leadville, Colorado
- Ice sculpture of miners inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace is a part of the museum exhibits created for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Phillip Kelly froze water with snow to mold figures of miners, then rubbed water over the snow to give the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Civic Center, Denver, Colo. in big snow, early Dec., 1913.
- A man walks near a large pile of snow as horse-drawn wagons filled with snow are driven to be dumped in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- General view of tag plant
- Conduits line the interior of the license plate factory at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Shaded electic lights hang from the concrete ceiling. Stamp mills with flywheels, a drill press, and sheet metal are stacked on palettes....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; License plates--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Old prison carpenter shop striped shirt
- Interior walls of the carpenter shop at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are hung with calendars, postcards, a metal square, hand and hacksaws, a drill brace, and wire mesh. A tarp covers part of the ceiling, over wooden tool...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carpenter shops--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- R.J. Balles
- A horse-drawn cart, driven by a well-dressed man in a hat, is stopped on an unpaved street probably in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fenced property with mature trees and a house are in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Underground drilling with machine drill
- A miner squats down to operate an air drill called a stoper or a "wiggle tail" in a gold mine in Gilpin County, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The miner leans against a thick rock wall. Smaller rocks stand in a pile in the dark background. The...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--1880-1900.; Gold miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Belcher Mine near Silverton
- A group of miners stands in front of the Belcher Mine near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado. Three more men stand at the top of the mine. A group of pack burros stands on the ridge in the right midground.
- Belcher Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Manitou & Pikes Peak Ry., 0-4-OT #4 last train to summit.
- View of Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway steam driven cog locomotive number 4 and a passenger coach on its last trip to the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. Passengers stand on the platform at the back of the train. A General...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1950-1960.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1950-1960.
- 1958 September 7
- Placer mining in Clear Creek
- Miner operating paddle wheel driven sluice box along the banks of Clear Creek, Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- East end of mill, Smith & Parmelee Gold Co. on Gregory Extension & Briggs Lodes.
- Miners pose at the Smith & Parmelee Gold Company mill at Gregory Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gold mine is beside the Briggs Gold Mining Company lode and on what was known as the Gregory Extension crevice. Shows mule and...
- Smith & Parmelee Gold Mining Co.--Buildings--1860-1870.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gregory Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [1861]
- Revival of Cherrelyn street car by city of Englewood.
- Men and women in heavy coats and hats are seen from the back as they board the First National Bank of Denver gasoline-powered street car. The new shuttle bus was designed to resemble the Cherrelyn horse car which ran from Broadway and Hampden to...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Street railroads--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Revival of Cherrelyn street car by city of Englewood.
- Men and women in heavy coats and hats are seen from the side as they board the First National Bank of Englewood gasoline-powered street car, in front of bank, as indicated by its sign. Police officers stand together by the curb. The new shuttle bus...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Street railroads--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Interior of Fonda drug store
- Hardwood cabinets filled with apothecary bottles, jars, tins, and cannisters line the interior walls of Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in the store. Eben G. Fine pours liquid from a glass beaker into a glass container....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Fine, Eben G.; Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Barnum Elementary School with Army Jeep
- Photograph of numerous students from Barnum Elementary School standing on both sides of an Army Jeep driven by an U.S. Army soldier in Denver, Colorado. Behind the Jeep several older students hold a sign the reads "Barnum-Perry Buys Jeeps".
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--United States.; School children.; Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public...
- 1943
- Columbian School public market
- Photograph of a play exercise at Columbian Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. In this picture several of the school's younger students pay in the "Columbian Public Market". A boy and a girl stand behind the market. Each wear a white paper...
- Columbian School (Denver, Colo.); Berkeley (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1939
- Hart's Corner
- Photograph of two unidentified employees standing near the newer Red Crown Standard air driven gas pumps at Hart's Corner located in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Hart's Corner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- 1933
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 42, 1910 October 15
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 23, 1911 June 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 25, 1912 June 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 14, 1914 April 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6