Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Men in a car
- Men sit in an open topped automobile by an office building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Welton Streets, Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. System." A wagon is in the street.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ticket...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Black Hawk, Col.
- View west of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado. Shows rail lines; large rectangular, flat roofed, stone carriage shop; Gilpin Hotel on Main Street; Gregory Street with most of Black Hawk businesses located along this street; Colorado Central train...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1889]
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1853?
- Heiram and Alida Burton Elsie and Smith Payne Burton Children
- Shows Hiram and Alida Burton with their children Elsie and Smith Payne Burton. Two young children sit on the lap of the man. The young girl wears a dress, and the toddler wears a pullover with bloomers. The woman wears a dress with a lace collar...
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Elsie.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Burton, Smith Payne.; Children & adults--1850-1860.; Families--1850-1860.
- 1852?
- Hiram and Aldia Burton
- A portrait of Hiram and Aldia Burton. Hiram wears a suit and bow tie, Aldia wears a dress with a lace collar.
- Burton, Alida.; Burton, Hiram Knight.; Men--1850-1860.; Spouses--1850-1860.; Women--1850-1860.
- 1849
- Byers property at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- Side view of "the Willows," a grand two-story wood frame house with hipped roof, dormers, bay window and wraparound porch built by Frank Byers above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado.
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- The Willows, Hot Sulphur Springs, Frank S. Byers, proprietor
- View of "the Willows," a grand two-story wood frame house with hipped roof, dormers, bay window and wraparound porch built by Frank Byers above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado; original log house shows on right.
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Florence & Cripple Creek R. R.
- View of a Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad trestle in Phantom Canyon (Fremont or Teller County), Colorado; shows granite cliffs, water barrels, and mile marker: "19D."
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--1890-1900.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- On Sioux campaign Mont
- View of U. S. Army soldiers on General Crook's Native American Sioux campaigns, Montana, with a covered wagon and carrying bed rolls.
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army.--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Montana--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Montana--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Dakota Indian mission school
- White men, a woman, and children pose outside a two-story house with some open shutters and windows, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Children--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Women--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- View a three-story school building with a bell tower, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Schools--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Class portrait posed outside the school building shows Native American Sioux boys with a few white boys, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Nebraska--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Class portrait posed outside the school building shows Native American Sioux girls and several white girls wearing print dresses and holding straw bonnets, possibly taken on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Girls--Nebraska--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Native American Sioux and white children and their white female teacher pose for a class portrait outside a school building. The girls wear dresses and the boys wear suits, possibly taken on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Teachers--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bicycle float
- A man and child ride a bicycle decorated with crepe paper, an umbrella, and Japanese lanterns, in probably Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Three women on street
- Three women walk on the sidewalk past The Jewel Rooming House located at 1226 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Lunch Room", "Tailor, Cleaning, Pressing", "Large From $1.50 Per Week, Steam Heat."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver Public Library main (La Veta Place)
- View of Denver Public Library, at La Veta Place, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick and stone building with bay windows, garden level sidewalk entries, and a sign: "Public Library."
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Perry Park
- Men and women pose with bicycles on rocks by a stream and a waterfall in Perry Park, Colorado.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Perry Park (Colo. : Flat)--1890-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1910.; Cyclists--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Douglas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows water cascading down a rock face with wooden viewing areas and staircase.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gunnison?
- View of a two-story brick block being constructed, possibly in Gunnison, Colorado. A man poses on front entry steps. A large stack of bricks is piled in the street.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), at Pueblo of Laguna, N.M.
- A portrait of Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size), a Native American woman (Laguna), she balances a large olla on her head at the Laguna Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She wears a printed scarf over he head, bead, turquoise, and silver necklaces, hoop...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hanging of Black Jack Ketchum
- Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightens the noose around the neck of Black Jack Ketchum prior to his hanging in Clayton, New Mexico. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J....
- Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901--Death & burial.; Gallows--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.; Clayton (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hangings--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.
- [1901 April 26]
- Mule pack train in Colorado
- View of a mule pack train in a Colorado valley; men ride horses.
- Mules--Colorado--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ouray, Colo.
- Group portrait of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado citizens, shows children in a long row on a wood rail fence with chicken wire; boys stand in front with a large furry dog.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- A group of women and a man pose in front of a rocky cliff face, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They wear jackets and hats or bonnets decorated with feathers, ribbons and flowers.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sightseers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Mabel Ashley and a group of women of various ages pose on the front porch of a frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ashley, Mabel.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Portland Creek flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris of rocks, timber, and lumber brought down by Portland Creek, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a few men gathered around the Elks Club, a large sign on Kiesel's Millinery store: "Closing Sale"...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1909
- 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?
- View near Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- View of brush, forest, and rocky hills near Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado; people walk by aspen trees.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Meadows--Colorado--Routt County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Trailing timbers up to Tomboy mine (S.) near Telluride, Colo
- View of a horse pack train near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado, carrying timber for the Tomboy Mine.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 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]
- Tremont Grocers
- View of a grocery store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, horses and buggies, storefronts, and a sign: "Tremont Grocers." The Arapahoe County Courthouse dome is in the background.
- Tremont Grocers (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man stands in the left center midground near a stopped wagon in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is reading a newspaper he holds in his hands. Two workers carry wood buckets from underneath the tent....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]