Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- A horse-drawn carriage travels up Eureka Street in the foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado. The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop is in the right foreground at the base of a hill. Tailings from the Huddleston Mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Manitou and the Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Silverton and Sultan Mtn.
- Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Grand Turk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colo., residences
- Eureka Street is in foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado, during winter. The snow-covered roof of the McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the right foreground. Large houses line Eureka Street. The Huddleston Mine is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado 1900
- The remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town,...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Hoisting...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City, Colorado
- Aloysius Academy, a Catholic school, stands on Gunnell Hill in the left background.; The lower portions of Eureka and High streets in Central City, Colorado, run through the right foreground. A railroad track winds around the hillside below the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Blackhawk, Colo.
- Interior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows arched entry windows, swinging front doors, stove in front left foreground, wooden floor with stains, and calendar from 1897 on entryway wall. Three men occupy the saloon. One...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1890.
- 1897
- King of the herd
- A large buffalo stands in the foreground in a fenced pen at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The buffalo is shedding its woolly coat. Several other buffaloes stand behind the one in the foreground. The end of a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Black Heart and wife, Rocky Bear, Standing Bear
- Three Sioux chiefs, including Black Heart, Rocky Bear and Standing Bear, wear feather headdresses and pose on a platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Black Heart's wife sits next to him in the...
- Black Heart--Wife.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Black Heart.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Standing Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Indian burial, scaffold in foreground, tepee frame in background
- Dakota Native American burial custom; three wrapped bodies atop scaffold in left foreground including smaller body with bent branches framing body; tepee frame of poles with wrapped body inside tepee frame right foreground; view of edge of ridge...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the abandoned Tivoli-Union Brewery (later the Tivoli Student Union), located at 1342 10th (Tenth) Street (later 900 Auraria Parkway) on what is now the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in...
- Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Brewing industry.; Historic buildings.; Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1974
- Colo. Utah Coal Co. Mine, Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; in left foreground, a miner crouches holding a shovel; at right foreground, a miner stands next to a railroad track holding a hatchet; at rear, several...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [1915?]
- Silverton and Storm Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking northeast. In the foreground, pines and young aspen cover the bluff, and the town lies below. The new school, the San Juan County Courthouse, the Silverton Town hall, and the Grand Imperial Hotel, frame and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- View of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, taken from South Rim; pine tree at left foreground; sedimentary layers at right foreground.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Big snow of December 1913 17th Ave. looking toward Broadway
- Snowy view along 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue to Broadway Avenue, Denver, Colorado, includes pedestrians on cleared walkways, horse drawn carriages in distance and a house on the estate of Mrs. H. A. W. Tabor in foreground.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- #129 Fruit Sheds on 2nd Street
- View of fruit warehouses in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Scaffolding and boards are in front of the building in the foreground. Planks, boards, and debris litter the foreground in front of the outhouses. Other warehouses in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Charlford
- View of Charlford, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alfred Johnson, (real estate magnate) near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado. Manor designed (1926) by Burnham and Merrill Hoyt, built of native volcanic rock; named for sons Charles and Gifford....
- Johnson, Charles Alfred, 1868-1954--Family.--Homes & haunts.; Johnson, Charles Alfred, 1868-1954--Homes & haunts.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Sedalia--1920-1940.; Estates--Colorado--Sedalia--1920-1940.
- [between 1926 and 1940]
- Hartsel Springs looking east, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view east towards Hartsel, Colorado across South Park reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Hot Springs Hotel (center building), wooden frame residences or buildings, canvas tents, school or church, barn, corrals; Colorado Midland...
- Hartsel (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hartsel--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Hartsel--1900-1910.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Hartsel--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.; Hot Springs Hotel (Hartsel, Colo.)
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Victor district in 1917
- View of the Strong and Stratton Independence mines with tailings, head frames, smokestacks, and houses, Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.); Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- John Woodward and Peter Gabriel on Nisqually Glacier, Mount Ranier, Washington
- John B. Woodward (foreground) and Peter Gabriel (background) practice ice climbing techniques on Nisqualli Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Washington. Both 87th Mountain Infantry (reinforced) soldiers are roped together and wearing full knapsacks and ice...
- Snow and ice climbing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940- 19.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Glaciers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.;...
- June 1942
- Central City transportation
- Two stagecoaches are in the foreground. One is being drawn by four horses and is pulling out of a wood barn with a chimney and a gabled roof. The driver sits on top of the cab. The second stagecoach is parked alongside the front of the barn, with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Several run-down houses are above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The masonry, two-story house in the foreground, although not completely visible, appears to have a flat roof. It has rounded windows and a rounded doorway. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The houses on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado, are built of wood and brick. The houses in the foreground on Nevada Street, which are built above a retaining wall, are two story, brick buildings with flat roofs and decorative brick cornices....
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- West High School, located at West 10th Ave. and Elati Street, is seen from the north bank of Cherry Creek
- View shows West High School, Tenth (10th) and Elati Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Sunken Gardens loggia and Cherry Creek in foreground.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Loggias--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1930?]
- United Spanish War Veterans 1909
- A parade on Commercial Street in Trinidad, Colorado. One and two- story buildings include elaborate tin cornice with end corbels and pedimented window heads. The First Presbyterian Church (1902) has crenelated towers and gothic arched windows. ...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marching bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one story, clapboard house with a side gable is partly visible on the crest of a hill in Central City, Colorado. The house has a walk-out basement with a door, rectangular windows, a paneled door with a makeshift tin roof over the top, and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Cliff House, Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, of the Cliff House and Soda Springs, looking north. The Cliff House is a three-story frame structure with hip gable roof, wrap around porch and balcony, widows' walk, and one- story gable roof south wing. A sign...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff...
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- The Manitou
- Exterior view of the Manitou House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three-story gable roof structure with dormers and wrap around porches was remodelled in the shingle style around 1896. A waist high rusticated stone...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Shrine in Manitou
- View of a shrine to the Virgin Mary in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In a stone grotto, a white, carved likeness of the Virgin Mary reflects the winter sun. Trees flank the rough stone arch, and snow covers the foreground. Something is bundled in a...
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Statues.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Shrines--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Sode Spring, Manitou
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north. The bridge across Ruxton Creek is in the foreground, and the rustic gazebo over Soda Spring is behind it. The ring around Navajo Spring is in the foreground on the right, and on the left a horse and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1873?]
- Flag raising Aug. 1936 by Gov. Johnson in which the disputed strip of land was formally annexed
- This view of a flag raising ceremony outside of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the large scale two story brick structure, with a hipped gable roof and a cupola with paired sash windows on each of its four sides....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flags--American--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Last passenger train out of Basalt
- A steam engine pulling three passenger cars leaves the Basalt train depot in Basalt, Colorado, for the last time. The tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad are in the foreground. A lone, closed, car is on one set of tracks near tracks holding...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.
- August 4, 1918
- Bachelor, Colorado
- Rocks, boards, and debris litter the foreground on a grassy hillside in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado. Small aspen trees and other vegetation grow in the grass in the foreground. The pipe of a metal structure sticks out of the ground. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- [1960?]
- Georgetown?
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, east toward Griffith Mountain, which is covered with a light snow. Sunlight illuminates the town from the south in low, slanting rays, and highlights some spots, such as the north- south streets, the spires of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1918?]
- Georgetown - Colo, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, south towards Leavenworth Mountain. The valley leading to Silver Plume is to the right; Chimney Rock, a large rock formation with a tall chimney emitting smoke from a smelter is in front of the valley in the distance....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, early days
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the Alvord house in the foreground and the central business district of Idaho Springs in the distance. Horse and carriage in the near foreground.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- Aspen Community Church
- A woman in a long, dark, winter coat, a muff, and a hat stands in the foreground in front of the First Presbyterian Church, later the Aspen Community Church, in Aspen, Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1912 January 2
- Aspen, Colorado
- A view of the rooftops of Aspen, Colorado, is taken from the top of a flat roof, which is visible in the foreground. Hyman Avenue and Main Street intersect in the foreground. Visible landmarks include Armory Hall, the Aspen Block, the Hotel...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890]
- Aspen, Colorado, The Silver Queen
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated at the base of Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax. Brush covers the terrain in the foreground, and roads lead from the town to the edge of the plateau, where several wood frame structures are built. ...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Mt. Sopris and Crystal River Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Mount Sopris (elevation 12,823 feet), background; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (Aspen branch through Carbondale) standard...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with passenger train just crossed over wooden trestle, possibly near Silver Cascade Falls, Colorado in North Cheyenne Canyon; "High Drive" (dirt road)...
- North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Silver Cascade Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--North Cheyenne Canyon--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver from D. & F. Tower
- Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado southwest from Daniels & Fisher Tower; Curtis street in view; Gas & Electric building, 15th & Champa, later called Insurance Exchange building, foreground left; Charles building, 15th & southwest corner of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1918]
- Bond
- A man stands on a promontory and views the town of Bond, Colorado, (Eagle County), nestled in the Colorado River Valley with a lake and a meadow in the foreground. The lines of the Denver & Rio Grande Western follow the bend of the Colorado River....
- Bond (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- June, 1959
- The Hitchin' Post Eldora, Colo.
- View of Eldora, Colorado, includes the powerhouse for the Mogul Tunnel Mine in the foreground, the central business district, residences, and the schoolhouse. Streets include Eldorado Avenue, and Klondike Avenue.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Dyersville
- View of a dilapidated building in the ghost town of Dyersville, Colorado, in Summit County; shows decayed roof, boards and debris in foreground, and evergreen forest in background.
- Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- Int. cell block #6 sergeant's desk, Officer Grey's
- Men in suits and uniforms stand behind an interior wooden desk at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Barred cells above and in the foreground have concrete balconies with pipe railings from the second floor up. A chalked sign hangs on...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Headquarters tent replica
- Interior view of a replica of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's headquarters tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large stuffed buffalo head is mounted on a beam in the center foreground. A bear skin rug is on the ground near a chair...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1930.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]