Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of window details for Trinity Methodist Church at Broadway and 18th (Eighteeenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior details of the bar in the Columbian Hotel (1879), Trinidad, Colorado, include carved and lathe turned wood covering the front of the bar and cornices over the mirror in back. The coffered ceiling has hammered tin insets with painted scenes...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Trinidad, Colo
- Panoramic view of Trinidad, Colorado, looking east. This image shows clear detail of the entire town, with trestle bridges, dwellings and commercial buildings. Prospect Point, Simpson's Rest, and surrounding low hills are in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Josephine Spalding Poems
- Two poems written by East High School student Josephine Spalding. Spalding was a Cellist with Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra who wrote and published poetry at the age of 13. Spalding died at the age of 16 while attending East High.
- Spalding, Josephine, 1910-1926--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1913
- Cottage City in the Pikes Peak region
- View of fruit trees in bloom and wooden cabins at a (probably) sanatorium near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- North Cascade Avenue
- View of North Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows landscaping, a concrete drainage channel, and the roof of a house.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; automobiles are parked by stone and brick office buildings with signs: "The Chamber of Commerce," "Adams Express Company," "Colorado & Southern Ry." "Freeman," "E. B....
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- 1918, May
- Tejon St. in the business section of Colorado Springs
- View of Tejon Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows pedestrians, brick and stone office buildings with storefronts, arches, and canvas awnings.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Scene in the La Plata mining district
- View of mine or mill sheds, smokestacks, ore car tracks, and snow capped mountains in La Plata County Colorado.
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Tipple of Turner Mine (Independent) 9 mi north of Walsenburg, Colo
- View of Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks, ore cars, and a frame tipple at one of the Turner Mines near Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.; Tipples--Colorado--Huerfano County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- New vanadium mill at Rifle
- View of the United States Vanadium Mining Company mill in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; shows metal ore processing sheds, elevator housings, and a smokestack.
- United States Vanadium Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- 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?]
- Coke ovens at Crested Butte, Gunnison, Co
- Men work by a railroad ore car at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing shows detail of gallery window for Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing shows details of the Trinity Methodist Church at 18th (Eighteenth) and Broadway in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Larry Maroney business
- View of (probably) Blackhawk (Gilpin County) Colorado; men and horse drawn wagons are by a storefront with sign: "Larry Maroney - Lumber - Building Materials." Other signs read: "Warehouse," and "Planing Mill;" houses are on hills.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of frame and stone commercial buildings and the Colorado and Southern Railroad depot. Lumber is piled on Bear Creek Avenue; one structure has a curved false front. Hogback is in the background.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mount Vernon House
- This ashlar house in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Colorado, has stone trim, shingle imbrication, and "1860" etched in the lintel. Used as a tavern and livery for many years, it has a sign in the doorframe: "Coors Gold." Built by George Morrison,...
- Mount Vernon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Mount Vernon--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hose Company #3 26th St and Lincoln Ave
- Fire Department Hose Company #3 in Denver, Colorado, is a two- story brick building with arched doors and windows. Uniformed firemen (some Black) pose with their horse-drawn wagon. A fire hydrant is in lawn edging 26th (Twenty-sixth) Street....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Luby Home Minturn, Colo
- This one-story frame residence in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, has a covered porch, shingle imbrication, bargeboard, bay windows, and a brick chimney. A man, woman, and child pose on the stoop; wood fence encloses the snowy yard. Mountains are...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Well dressed men, women, and children pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, on the steps of a frame schoolhouse (with belfry). The women wear oversized, feathered hats.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and outbuildings, dusted in snow. The Eagle River and tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad are in the foreground; foothills are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- View north over Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows Nevada Creek in the foreground, ore processing sheds, wood frame houses, Main Street, Redman's, and Odd Fellow's Lodges. The Methodist Episcopal Church and school buildings are to the west...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1898?]
- Poncha Springs and Pass
- View of Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows canvas tents and the Poncha Springs Hotel and hot springs with the Arkansas River valley and the Sawatch Range in the background.
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Rio Grande Southern Depot
- Men pose on the dock of the Rio Grande Southern Depot in Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado. They wear duster and top hats, vests, and gold chains. The finial topped stationmaster's bay is behind them, with sign: "Placerville."
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Placerville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Placerville--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- General view Eagle Hotel
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks, Turkey Creek, houses, businesses, and the fire department. Sign reads: "Eagle Hotel."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Turkey Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- First cabin home in Saguache Co - Ford place
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, the Ford place is a hewn log cabin with dovetail notching, sash windows, and is L-shaped. People pose; the women wear full dresses with pleats and flounces.
- Saguache (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1870?]
- Saints John, Colorado
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, men pose near frame dwellings and sheds behind them, including a round one with a conical roof. A camera on a tripod is among the men; one holds a dog.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cameras--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Circular buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Rosita
- View over Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, shows frame dwellings, businesses, fenced yards, mining sheds and tailing piles on hill slopes.
- Rosita (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1881?]
- Hot Springs Livery Stable bldg. was on corner of G. and West 2nd present site of Argys Plumbing Co.
- View of the "Hot Springs Livery and Feed", "G" and West 2nd (Second), Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men, horses, buggies, and wagons in front of the frame board and batten building with open double doors and a signs: "Turret and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Stables--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Variety store, Salida, Colorado
- Interior of store in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, displays: cosmetics cases, dolls, photographs, paperback books, perambulators, toy furniture, and a sled. A parlour stove is against the back interior wall; potted plants top shelves.
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Variety stores--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- City Hall, Central City, Colo. Herndon Davis sketches
- Reproduction of Herndon Davis watercolor; shows Eureka Street buildings, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with belltower and signs: "City Hall," and "Williams Stables."
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Shorthaired dog
- This shorthaired, light colored dog has a tightly curled tail and pointed ears. A man's hand offers him a treat; a cardboard barrel has a label: "A Blue Label Product."
- Dogs--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Mathew "Bones" Hooks
- Mathew "Bones" Hooks (a Black man) walks on Polk Street, in Amarillo (Potter County) Texas. Cars are parked by businesses.
- Hooks, Mathew Bones, 1867-1950.; African Americans--Texas--Amarillo--1930-1940.; Amarillo (Tex.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Texas--Amarillo--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Mathew "Bones" Hooks
- Mathew "Bones" Hooks, a Black man, holds papers in his lap. A telephone and map of Texas are by a roll top desk.
- Hooks, Mathew Bones, 1867-1950.; African Americans--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Offices--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Pearley Wasson Leadville
- View of a horse-drawn sleigh in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; a dog holds the reins in its teeth. Men pose; signs and storefront windows read: "Democrat Printing Co," "Restaurant," and "Livery Stable."
- Wasson, Pearley.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pack Trane [sic] on Marshall Basin Trail, Telluride, Colo
- View of pack burros, men, and a dog on a Marshall Basin trail switchback in San Miguel County, Colorado; horses pull a makeshift grader.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1870-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mules--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- New exhibition hall at Grand Junction fair grounds
- View of wagons and horses in harness by an exhibition hall at the Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado fair grounds.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Concord stage
- View of a stagecoach with pinstriping and retractable window covers. Sign reads: "1813 - Abbot Downing Co. Builders Concord. N. [H]."
- Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Transportation--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Studebaker wagons
- View of motorized wagons carrying men and horses in Denver, Colorado; signs read: "We Carry the Horses. Draw Their Load and Don't Half Try. Studebaker Automobile Co. 1711 Tremont St.," and "Cook With Gas - Denver Gas & Electric Co."
- Studebaker trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Advertising--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The cowboys of Birdwood Ranch, Nebr.
- Portrait of cow punchers eating at the Birdwood Ranch in Nebraska. The cook holds a coffee pot and stands by the tent and chuck wagon; a boy is with the men.
- Birdwood Ranch (Neb.)--People--1870-1890.; Boys--Nebraska--1870-1890.; Camping--Nebraska--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Nebraska--1870-1890.; Cowboys--Nebraska--1870-1890.; Men--Nebraska--1870-1890.; Tents--Nebraska--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Group of Nevada trail drivers
- Portrait of Nevada trail drivers camped with saddles, tack, and a canvas tent.
- Camping--1870-1890.; Cowboys--1870-1890.; Tents--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Jeannini - Taube
- View of a German Jeannini - Taube monoplane with a cross painted on the wing, a reticulated pattern on the fuselage, and "A283" by the tail.
- Reconnaissance aircraft--1910-1920.; Taube airplanes--1910-1920.; Airplanes--German--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Boston Ranch, Colo
- Men and boys at the Boston Ranch, Crowley County, Colorado, are identified as (l to r): Kilborn, Ed McGee from Sheridan, Wyoming; "Mexico" from Arizona; Johnny (Blocker) Dodge and Ben McKinney, Buffalo Bill's showman roper and rider, from Sheridan,...
- Boston Ranch (Crowley County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Crowley County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.
- 1902, February
- Don Wakefield in white goat hide chaps
- Don Wakefield poses on a horse at Boston Ranch, Crowley County, Colorado, wearing goat fur woolies (chaps).
- Boston Ranch (Crowley County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Crowley County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Wakefield, Don.
- 1902, February
- Charley the vet
- A man identified as Charley, a veterinarian, poses astride a horse at the Boston Ranch, Crowley County, Colorado, by a barn. He wears woolies (chaps).
- Boston Ranch (Crowley County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Veterinarians--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Crowley County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.
- 1902, February
- Eldodt Brothers - general merchandise original picture burned with San Juan Mercantile Co.
- View of Eldodt Brothers trading post at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. Adults and children, including Native Americans, are by the covered porch; sign reads: "Eldodt Bros, Post Office." Shows lattice walls and an adobe church with belfry.
- Eldodt Brothers Trading Post(San Juan Pueblo, N.M.); Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan...
- between 1880 and 1885?
- Katchina dancer Hemis - home dancers (name of dancer)
- Portrait of Hemis a Native American (Hopi) Katchina dancer. He wears a kilt, woven belt, pine branches, a headdress and mask with feathers, moccasins, and holds a rattle.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Kachinas--Arizona--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Ceremonial...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Moqui women grinding corn
- Interior view of Native American (Hopi) women grinding corn in a wooden trough with a stone insert (metate). Shows pottery.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Grinding--Arizona--1880-1900.; Home food...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Grand Junction - New Castle Stage
- View of men and a stage coach in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; the Brunswick Hotel is a brick building with storefronts and a mansard roof.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Grand...
- 1889