Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinidad water works
- Men pose beside a metal water pipe over a bridge and possibly the Purgatoire River, probably near Trinidad Water Works in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a frame house and a barn or garage.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Penstocks--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of freight train coal cars and a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. A man stands beside the tram. Shows a tipple, houses and snow in a valley.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Stonewall Road, town of Vigil
- View of a dirt road, farm houses, barns and cultivated fields in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Snow is on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains or the Culebra Range in the distance.
- Vigil (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Vigil--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- Men pose beside a tram at a coal camp in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a coal processing building, cables and coal piled in coal cars. Tailings piles, railroad tracks, houses and snow are in a valley.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- ATSF Railroad depot after flood
- View of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot and tracks after a flood in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The mission-style stucco building has arcades, a ceramic tiled roof, and curvilinear gables. Horses, a wagon, and debris are...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1905
- Coal mine
- Men stand on a tipple and pose at a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame house, a coal chute beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars and probably a coal tram.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Lost Lake
- Men stand on rafts and hold fishing poles on possibly East or West Lost Lake in probably Garfield County, Colorado. Dense trees are nearby and people stand on the shore of the lake.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Rafts--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rifle area family
- A man and woman stand and pose for a studio portrait. The man holds a hat and wears a shirt with a rounded collar, a suit and tie. The woman wears a belted overcoat over a full skirt, an asymmetrical hat with a curled feather and leather boots.
- Couples--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Children playing with toys
- Children sit and play with toys on a table probably in Garfield County, Colorado. A girl holds a doll. A boy holds a wooden stick from a Tinkertoy set. Shows a metal roller-skate, a gyroscope, pictures of Santa Claus on the table, and a Tinkertoy...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Children, Rifle area
- A girl and a boy pose beside a table probably in Garfield County, Colorado. Christmas decorations on the table include: a Christmas tree with a popcorn chain, pictures of Santa Claus, a doll, a lantern and an animal figurine. The boy holds a ball...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Family, Rifle area
- Men, women and girls pose for a family portrait. The men wear suits with bow ties. The women and girls wear dresses with pleated collars or scarf ties. The girls and young women have short bob or pageboy hairstyles.
- Families--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Children by Christmas tree
- A girl and a boy pose beside a table probably in Garfield County, Colorado. Christmas decorations on the table include: a Christmas tree with a popcorn chain, pictures of Santa Claus, a doll, a lantern and an animal figurine. The boy holds a ball...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area, girl with buggy
- Two studio portraits of a girl and a toy buggy. The girl wears a knee-length dress with pleats, leggings and a large hair bow, and poses with a baby carriage and two dolls.
- Children playing with toys--1910-1920.; Girls--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area
- View of a dirt road in a valley probably in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows snow near brush and trees on the hillside.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Rifle area fruit
- Close up view of a row of cherries displayed on a table beside a wooden ruler, probably in Garfield County, Colorado. A handwritten sign reads: "14 Cherries per foot from Clovers Orchard, Rifle, Colo., Garrison Photo."
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cherries--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Football team
- A football team sits and poses for a group portrait on a staircase in front of a building entrance probably in western Colorado. Young men wear knickers with elastic at the knee, leather boots, shoulder pads under striped sweaters and leather...
- Football players--Colorado--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area parade
- Men wear embroidered coats and hats, hold spears and pose on horseback beside a car in probably a parade in Garfield County, Colorado. Girls and a man pose in a car decorated probably with crepe paper in the shape of a heart and polka dots. A moose...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Rifle area ranch
- View of a ranch house, a barn building and probably livestock stalls in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows fences and a road on the mesa near the house.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- First Christian Church, Rifle
- View of the clapboard First Christian Church in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The church has a corner bell tower, high windows beneath a gabled roof, a staircase from the dirt road to the entrance, and a sign that reads: "First Christian...
- First Christian Church (Rifle, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Barber Shop, Rifle
- Men pose outside a two-story, brick commercial building in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The building has arched second story windows beside a balcony and a double door entrance between large windows. A barber shop pole is outside the building...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barber poles--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- First Christian Church, Rifle
- View of the clapboard First Christian Church in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The church has a corner bell tower, high windows beneath a gabled roof, a staircase from the dirt road to the entrance, and a sign that reads: "First Christian...
- First Christian Church (Rifle, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Nick McLearn, unidentified man and Jim McLearn, Rifle
- Men, left to right: Nick McLearn, unidentified man, and Jim McLearn, sit or stand and pose on a horse-drawn wagon in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Canvas sacks in the wagon have lettering that reads: "[?] Portland Cement Co." The John Deere...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business people--American--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; McLearn, Jim.; McLearn, Nick.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Unidentified family group
- A woman and children pose for a group portrait on a porch in probably western Colorado. Probably the mother sits and girls and a boy stand nearby. Girls wear plaid or dogtooth patterned dresses with ruffled collars or ties. A boy wears a shirt with...
- Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pike's Peak from Garden of the Gods
- View of a portion of Gate Rock and massive sandstone and limestone rock formations at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Glenwood Springs
- View of buildings in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a church spire, the Hotel Colorado and tree-covered mountains in the distance.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- 1898 May 15
- Ibex Mines
- View of frame mine buildings, headframes and tailings piles at Ibex Mines near Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. Shows mountains in probably the Mosquito Range in the distance.
- Ibex Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ibex Mines (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Monte Vista, Colo.
- View of an open-sided shed used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The shed has a wood plank back wall and corrugated tin roof. A wagon, wires, and equipment are inside the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Aerial construction, raising pole to upright position by hand
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company workers position a pole near a dirt road and field probably in Colorado. One man braces the pole with a prop and other workers are positioned along its length. Several of the workers wear work...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Auto equipment, old trucks, white, construction, used at Pueblo
- View of a truck used by the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The truck has a hand brake, sirens, and plastic windshield rolled and attached to the roof of the automobile. Words painted on the side...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Pole lines, Lakewood, Colo.
- View of telephone poles and lines on the shoulder of a dirt road in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A row of trees, barbed wire fence, and a shallow ditch parallel the road. Pedestrians are on the road in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Pole lines, Lafayette, Colo., north of
- View of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company telephone poles near a dirt road and reservoir north of Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows barbed wire fences, trees, and fields.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Utility...
- 1914
- Aerial construction raising pole to upright position by hand
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph workers position a pole in an excavated hole near a dirt road and field probably in Colorado. A group of men lift the pole while another stands by with a prop. A barn, house, and fields are in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Exchange equipment, operating room
- A row of operators work at a switch board at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Plugs and cords are stretched over the work surface. The women sit on tall chairs and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Fort...
- 1914
- Vanadium prop.
- View of a U.S. Vanadium Corporation processing mill near Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows corrugated metal sided buildings and tailings piles on a hillside.
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1936 and 1945?]
- American Fluorspar, Salida
- View of corrugated metal buildings of the American Fluorspar mine near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows metal barrels, timber cribbing, a driveway, cars and dirt roads beside the fluorspar processing facility, and snow on mountains in the...
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; American Fluorspar Mine Company Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Colorado Fluorspar, Salida
- View of a processing plant or flotation mill identified as part of Colorado Fluorspar in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is on a hillside and has tar paper siding, smokestacks and elevators. Shows a truck on a dirt road near the...
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Trolley coach, Colfax & Broadway, Denver
- Men and women stand near open doorways on electric bus number "526" bound for "West 29th Ave." near the intersection of Colfax and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Women wear hats, coats and high heeled shoes; men wear overcoats and hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955]
- The 1900 ft. span of the Colo. Tel. and Tel. Co. across the Arkansas River, Amity, Colo.
- Workmen pose on a set of telephone poles near the towns of Holly and Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. A man sits in a horse drawn wagon nearby. Shows barbed wire fence and open grassland.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Prowers County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Prowers County--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Prowers County--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Gates
- Men pose with a rubber belt, probably a part for a car, at Gates Rubber Company plant in Denver, Colorado. A worker wears a pants suit and a cap and holds a rubber belt manufactured at Gates. A man with a hat, suit and tie stands in front of a car...
- Gates Rubber Company--Products--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1945?]
- Exchange interior, operator's rest room
- Telephone operators sit in the operator's rest room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The women sit in rocking chairs near a table where magazines and a plant are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Interior, operator's locker & dining room
- View of the staff dining room for operators at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows lockers, icebox, food service area, and tables. Salt and pepper shakers, sugar bowls, and cream...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Camp Hale construction
- View of a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows steel tanks, probably boilers, wooden scaffolding, and the metal framed roof of a building.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man drives a Caterpillar machine with tracks, possibly a loader, for construction of buildings at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Mountains are near the Pando valley.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction equipment--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- Men wear overalls or work clothes and pose beside metal pipes at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a wrench and a mallet and exposed ceiling rafters.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- View of a crawl space under a wooden floor, probably a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows metal pipes, wooden rafters, concrete supports and insulation.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Structural systems--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Sign at Camp Hale
- A wooden painted sign at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado, shows a caricature painting of Adolf Hitler and reads: "We've Got a Date With This Sonofabitch, Let's Be On Time!"
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Caricatures--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man stands on a ladder in a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows wooden rafters and an air vent under a gabled roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- Construction workers wear overalls and hats and work on a building construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a ruler and a hammer, pipes and a framed building interior.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- View of barracks (?) under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Workers stand in doorways; the frame, two-story building has a gable roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- View of a two-story building, probably barracks, during construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The building has a gable roof, a balcony and clapboard siding. Wooden scaffolding and construction debris are nearby.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]