Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- View of Red Cross Society on arrival at Ludlow
- Men and women of the Red Cross stand in the ruins of the Ludlow tent colony (Las Animas County), Colorado after a fire set by the Colorado National Guard. Shows the burned ruins of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) camp for coal miners...
- American Red Cross--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 April, May
- Near view of ruins Ludlow Tent Colony
- A distraught man stands among the remains of the tent colony of Ludlow, destroyed by fire after the Ludlow Massacre (result of the coal strikes) in Ludlow, Colorado in Las Animas County. The remains include tent frames, bed boxsprings, iron...
- Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Mac
- A man, identified as Mac, stands behind a small table with a display of pictures in elaborate frames, probably in Denver, Colorado. The frames are decorated with stars and a foreign flag.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Tables--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior view of the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a full bookcase in the background with china plates, frames, and a pitcher atop it. A delicate, upright table next to it is made of machine parts and has a coverlet and...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mines of Victor
- View of wooden frame residence & canvas tents with wooden frames on hillside below Portland & Bobtail Mine, Victor, Colorado; includes one- story medium gable wooden frame residence with lean-to, two canvas tents on wooden frames & base,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Agencies. Fort Lapwai (Idaho
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting window frames into place
- Construction workers hoist window frames up to the second story of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work pants, t-shirts, and hard...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Framework ready to receive bark for a bark lodge
- View of the wooden framework for a Native American bark lodge on the Potawatomi reservation near Mayetta, Kansas.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Structures--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation...
- 1935
- Western History Subject Index
- Forts. Fort Hall (Idaho)
- Western History Subject Index
- Forts. Fort Lapwai (Idaho)
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Agencies. Coeur d' Alene (Idaho)
- Western History Subject Index
- Sac and Fox Indians
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- San Isidro Catholic Church, La Mesitas
- View of the ruins of San Isidro (San Isadore) Catholic Church on Highway 17 in Las Mesitas, Colorado. The Mission style church was gutted by a fire in 1975 and the structure has no glass in the windows and no roof. The adobe walls have curvilinear...
- Las Mesitas (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ruins.; Churches.; Ruins, Modern--Colorado--Las Mesitas--Pictorial works.; Church buildings--Colorado--Las Mesitas--Pictorial works.; Las Mesitas (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1967
- Walker Cabin, Escalante Canyon, Colo.
- View of the Walker Cabin in Escalante Canyon, Delta County, Colorado. The stone cabin has thick walls, dirt mortar, a chimney and a wood shingled roof. There are window and door frames but no door or windows . Cottonwood trees are near the cabin....
- Walker Cabin (Escalante Canyon, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Escalante Canyon (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Stone buildings.; Cabins.; Walker, Harry--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Walker, Harry--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Walker Cabin (Escalante...
- 1992
- Elbert County Public Library housed in former St. Ann Catholic Church
- View of the Elbert County Library located in the old St. Ann Catholic Church building (1903), 331 E. Comanche Street, Elbert (Elbert County), Colorado. The Romanesque stone church building has a steep gabled roof, rough-cut walls made from local...
- Elbert County Public Library (Elbert, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Elbert (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Elbert County Public Library (Elbert, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Elbert--Pictorial works.; Public...
- 1980
- Bathtub Madonna
- View of a partially buried bathtub that frames a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe (a lawn shrine) in the front yard of a one-story Queen Anne house located at 3122 Gilpin Street in the Whittier neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A two story Queen Anne...
- Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mexican American folk art--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Household shrines--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Guadalupe, Our Lady of--Pictorial works.; Whittier (Denver,...
- 2011
- Cheesman Memorial Pavilion
- View of the east elevation of the Cheesman Memorial Pavilion (1910; Willis A. Marean and Albert J. Norton, architects) in Cheesman Park, 1000 High Street, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The structure has dual columns and a...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Landscape pavilions.; Monuments & memorials.;...
- 2005
- Adobe house
- View of an abandoned adobe house near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows an adobe brick building with a sod roof and door and window openings. Sagebrush and trees are nearby. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Adobe buildings.; Houses.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.
- [between 2005 and 2006?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 46, 1910 November 12
- Payrock tramway, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of mine buildings and the aerial tramway at the Payrock Mine near Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a sluice box, chute, privy, and frames for the tramway.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Payrock Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Blacksmith works
- View of a frame, two-story blacksmith shop with dormer windows and a gabled roof in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Men stand and pose near a front entrance. Signs on the building read: "Blacksmith Works" and "Weeks & Ventress...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Factory - Holly Sugar Co - Delta
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, brick buildings, and mill frames.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Bridge at Silt
- View of a cantilever bridge over the Colorado River, in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado; twisted metal frames are in the water and the Roan Cliffs are in the background.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Cantilever construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, west side
- View of the Lawrence Cowle Phipps house at 3400 Belcaro Drive in the Belcaro neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Colonial Revival style house has a pedimented door, gabled roof, chimneys, semi-circular driveway, and contrasting trim. Frames for...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Gregory Gulch
- View of businesses, frame mine buildings and head frames on a hillside in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People are in the arched doorway of the Gregory Store beside a horse-drawn wagon. Shows tailings piles on a treeless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar
- Men pose beside teams of horses and a car at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Horses are harnessed to wood frames in the center of a fenced racetrack at the fair. Spectators are on bleachers or beside the fence nearby.
- Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.
- 1911, August 23-25
- Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar
- Teams of horses harnessed to wood frames, a car, men and a saddled horse are in the center of a circular, fenced racetrack at the Prowers County Fairgrounds in Lamar, Colorado. Spectators sit in bleachers.
- Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.
- 1911, August 23-25
- 1421 Champa, construction progress, excavation
- View of excavation at the construction site of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a cut stone foundation, stone rubble, iron pipes, iron fittings, and construction debris. Two winches are set up...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902, June 4
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- Interior view of a man, probably a plumber, with a wrench at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows men outside of the building and window frames leaned against the interior wall of the building.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Plumbers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- Interior view of construction workers as they paint the window frames of a building at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. A saw rests against the wall, a hand plane lies on the floor, a paint can sits atop a sawhorse and the...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Painting--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Colorado fluorspar
- View of mine buildings of Colorado Fluorspar in probably Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows elevators, head frames, smokestacks ore car tracks and cars parked beside a building at probably a floatation mill or processing plant.
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Terminal room
- Wires are strung over metal frames in the terminal room of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Bare electric light bulbs hang from the ceiling.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Camp Hale, construction
- Men load wooden or metal frames in the back of a pickup truck at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a frame doorway and nearby buildings under construction.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Lifting & carrying--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- [1942?]
- Victor, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, smokestacks, head frames, tailings, commercial buildings, residential houses and Squaw Mountain. Freight cars are in the distance.
- Squaw Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Mary McKinney Mine
- Men, women and children disembark from possibly Colorado and Southern Railroad passenger cars near Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. The site, identified as the Mary McKinney mine complex, was part of the Cripple Creek Mining District. Shows a...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mary McKinney Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Passengers--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Anaconda--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Silverton
- A packtrain of burros and donkeys, with bales of hay and burlap sacks, is stopped in a street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men and boys stand near the pack train. Commercial frame buildings with false fronts are nearby. Signs on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Ute Indians, Ignacio, CO
- North American Indian (Ute) men and boys stand or sit on horseback at the Southern Ute Agency in Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. The men have their hair in braids (some are wrapped in fur), they wear cloth leggings, and a few wear hairpipe...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Southern Ute Agency--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing &...
- [ca. 1890]
- St. Louis House, Leadville, Colorado
- A small dog sits on a wooden crate near a carved wooden picket fence in front of the St. Louis House in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The building has a false front, decorated with a cornice, dentals and spindles. The three story building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings.; Dogs.; Fences.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif..
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include gabled roofs, bays, chimneys, cornices, brackets, arched windows, windows with...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Three of a kind
- Photographer's assistants pose by Solas printing frames; they are identified as: "Chamberlain, Ferguson, and Hassell."
- Photographic assistants--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Photographers
- Men pose in the window of a brick building in (probably) Colorado, holding photonegative frames; photo plates develop in the sun.
- Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Furniture store
- Interior view of a furniture store in Denver, Colorado. A man stands in an aisle between dressers with ornate mirrors and bed frames. Wooden chairs hang from the wall and ceiling.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Furniture store
- Interior view of a furniture store in Denver, Colorado. A man stands between a display of wooden dressers with mirrors and a display of chairs and bed frames. Rugs and chairs hang from the ceiling.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Color concepts for Judicial Building mural, Denver, Colorado
- Five, abstract, color drawings that conceptualize the radiance of justice.
- Colors--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1977]
- Line drawings cartoons story in 8 scenes
- View of cartoon frames which depict a Native American man being tricked by a bear.
- Cartoons and comics--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Apiary in Kings County
- A man who wears no protection from bees stands among beehives in probably Kings County, California. He holds frames for the bee combs. Another man stands out in the field. Shows a wood frame shed.
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Apiaries--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Bees--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Bungalows in winter
- A hedge of flowering bushes frames two bungalows in probably Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Shows two Shingle Style residences with lawns and palm trees.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bungalows--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910.; Flowers--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910.; Hedges (Plants)--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910.; Houses--California--Los Angeles--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]