Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 32, 1910 August 6
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 38, 1909 November 6
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- American Natl. Bank, Leadville
- This view looks down on a festive mob scene, possibly in the intersection in front of the American National Bank building in Leadville, Colorado. Flags, bunting and banners hang from poles and buildings. Crowds of men, mostly in suits, wear straw...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903]
- Snake River Bridge
- A view of the Snake River near Taylors Bridge in Idaho. Shows a man on a rock at the edge of the river.
- Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Idaho--1870-1880.; Rivers--Idaho--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [1871?]
- Snowy street scene
- In this view of a snow covered street in Leadville, Colorado, are gabled residences, evergreen trees and, on the left side of the street, power lines. One power pole has a tattered poster on it.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Follett House
- Exterior view of the lower portion of the Follett house on West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado shows a two story, front gable house with clapboard siding with contrasting trim boards, corner inset door with stained glass and front bay window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Clothesline in snowbanks
- View of a cut made through snowbanks in order to reach a clothesline in Leadville, Colorado. The clothesline is constructed of a post with a cross-T board and four lines. A snow-covered evergreen is behind the post. A two story house, possibly the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Snowy scene
- View along shoveled fenced walkway through deep snowbanks in Leadville, Colorado. Icicles hang from eaves and a chimney is on the top center of a roof.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Snowy scene
- View of a snowbank in front of Leadville, Colorado, houses and evergreen trees. A house with clapboard siding and a snowcovered roof with icicles is on the right. Another rooftop with dormers and power poles is in the background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Snowy scene
- This view down a shoveled sidewalk with a tall snowbank on the left side and picket fence on the right in Leadville, Colorado, shows a small portion of a house with clapboard siding and a snowcovered roof with icicles on the right. Evergreens and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Clothesline in snowbanks
- View of a deep cut made through snowbanks to reach a clothesline in Leadville, Colorado. The clothesline is constructed of a post with a cross-T board and lines. Snowcovered evergreens and a two story house's rooftop are in the background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Hidden Cascades on Rock Creek, Elk Mountain
- A view of a waterfall on a stream identified as Rock Creek, on Elk Mountain in Wyoming. The cascade is surrounded by a forest and boulders.
- Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Streams--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Waterfalls--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- 1871?
- Looking east on Eighth Street in Leadville
- Looking east down a snow covered Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado is a view of residences on the north side of the street and a church steeple and the cupola of St. Vincent's Hospital down the hill in the distance. On the left, a person shovels...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption this is a...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Aaron Godfrey Morse
- Studio bust portrait of Aaron Godfrey Morse, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morse has short, curly hair. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a patterned necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morse, Aaron Godfrey.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Aaron Godfrey Morse
- Studio bust portrait of Aaron Godfrey Morse, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morse has short, curly hair. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a patterned necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morse, Aaron Godfrey.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Adeline Ervilla Brown
- Studio bust portrait of Adeline Ervilla Brown, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Brown's wavy hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves, and gathered, frilled tulle or netting along the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown, Adeline Ervilla.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Robert Collyer Gass
- Studio bust portrait of Robert Collyer Gass, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Gass's hair is parted on the side. He wears a coat with a pansy boutonniere on the lapel, a vest, a shirt and a silk bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Gass, Robert Collyer.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Byers Boston, grandson of Frank Byers
- Studio portrait of Byers Boston, grandson of Frank Byers; shows the young boy on a stool with his legs crossed, he smiles.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Smiling--1890-1900.; Boston, Byers.; Byers, Frank S.--Family.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ski training: forming a column of twos coming down from Eagle Ridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the...
- Eagle Ridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943 or 1944]
- The Colorado and Swimming Pool, Glenwood Springs
- View of the Hotel Colorado and the stone Bath House at the Glenwood Hot Springs pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The four-story Italianate-style, stone and brick Hotel Colorado has square towers and a first floor arcade near...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Ski training: about face on skis executed by all of L-87th with Lieutenant William J. Bourke in Command, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Approximately one-hundred soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L, execute an about face on skis under the command of Lieutenant William...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Bourke, William J.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Interior of no. 9
- Young women and men pose in Victorian costumes inside Pullman sleeper car, no. 9. The men are dressed in jackets and morning coats and hold top hats. The women wear long dresses and hats.
- Costumes--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Mary Jane Henry
- Studio portrait of Mary Jane Henry, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Henry's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a dress with embroidered panels on the bodice, puffed sleeves, and a gathered, upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Henry, Mary Jane.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Plan of the cities of Denver, Auraria, and Highland, Jefferson Territory
- Denver (Colo.)--Maps.
- 1859
- Nellie Hart Woodard
- Studio bust portrait of Nellie Hart Woodard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woodard's hair is parted down the middle and pinned upright in a twist. Her dark colored dress has puffed sleeves, a pleated bodice and a band collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Woodard, Nellie Hart.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Robert Collyer Gass
- Studio portrait of Robert Collyer Gass, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Gass poses in a Denver High School Cadets uniform. He stands with his arms crossed. His cap reads "DHSC."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cadets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Gass, Robert Collyer.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public...
- 1897
- Poverty Flat, near Red Cliff
- Mines and tailings on a hillside above Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897]
- Colorado Springs High School
- Colorado Springs High School, El Paso County, Colorado, a stone and brick building with a square clocktower, turrets, dormers and arches, was built in 1883 and razed in 1939.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Pack burro
- A burro with a pack stands on the tracks of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway in El Paso County, Colorado. The burros carries a wheel barrow, shovel, axe, crate and metal can. A sign on the wheelbarrow reads: "I Helped to Build Pikes Peak...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- c1891, Oct. 11
- Follett House on West 8th
- This view down a snow covered sidewalk with footprints and a large snowbank on the left and a decorative wire fence on right leads to the Follett House on West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado. The Follet House is a two story front gable house...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Serving tray
- Oval silver tray with raised border relief, pierced embossed grape pattern and two handles. The surface is etched with a filigree center and monogrammed. The bottom is copper color and etched, and there are four feet on the bottom. The tray was...
- Trays--1800-1910.
- [between 1800 and 1910]
- Pikes Peak from Templeton's Gap
- Ranch buildings, cows, and fences are in a meadow near a rocky ridge in an area identified as "Templeton's Gap" in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Smoke rises above a structure with perhaps a thatched roof. Snow is on Pikes Peak in the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado
- View of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a multi-level, gable-roofed processing building with dormer windows, aerial tramway towers, Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company railroad tracks, cribbing,...
- Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Battery floor, G
- Interior view of probably the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows processing machinery and open ceiling beams.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Gold Prince Mill
- View of the snow covered Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level processing building, smokestacks, Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company railroad tracks, freight cars, a wooden bridge and an...
- Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Concentrating tables
- Interior view of probably the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a row of concentrating machinery, a staircase, and an open beam ceiling.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1920?]
- Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows an open beam ceiling, windows, staircase, and possibly a row of Wilfley concentrating tables.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Conveyor, Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a sorting conveyor and steel support beams.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore...
- [between 1907 and 1917]
- Dryer floor, Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level platforms, steps, open beam ceiling, a hanging bucket and wooden chutes.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Boiler room
- Interior view of the boiler room of possibly the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a man, the steel support frame of the building and possibly a tubular portable boiler and mechanical roasting furnace.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boilers--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917]
- Gold Prince Mill
- Men wear overalls, suits, hats and pose near a gable-roofed building, probably a boarding house at the Gold Prince Mill, in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The building has dormer windows and tar paper siding. A horse-drawn wagon is parked...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Gold King Mine
- Interior view of a probably the Gold King mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a wooden staircase, conveyor belt, steel support beams and processing machinery.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gold Prince tram
- Shows an aerial tram tower possibly near the Gold Prince Mill and a dog near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. The area is snow covered.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Table floor, Gold King Mill
- Interior view of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Men in overalls and aprons pose next to an ore processing table.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gold King
- Interior view of Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows ore processing machinery with gears, staircase and ceiling support girders.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Angle station, Gold Prince tram
- View of a gable-roofed aerial tramway station near the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows tram cables, building frame and the snow covered San Juan Range in the distance.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of the dining room in the boarding house at the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows men, women, a milk jug and wooden tables full of dishes and food. A calendar hangs on the wall and reads: "August" and...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1910.
- between 1906 and 1908?]