Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- William F. Cody in group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent where King Leopold of Belgium (with beard) stands with three young boys and two men. A stuffed buffalo is on each side of the tent's entrance. Additional stuffed buffaloes are placed...
- Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- [1893?]
- Logan County Fair
- View of an exhibit at the Logan County Fair in Sterling, Colorado. Topographical map of Colorado displayed over pleated bunting. Areas indicated on map: Grand Junction, Denver, Pueblo, Sterling, and Logan County. The words "The 4-H World of...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Fairs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 7th Annual Denver City directory
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- Three weathered clapboard two-story houses in Leadville, Colorado, are featured in this photograph. The house on the left has decorative front gable trim, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic window, a first floor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1913
- S.W. corner 8th Ave. & 9th Street
- Citizens of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County, stand in front of two commercial storefronts. Three women stand in front of a wood-frame clapboard building with a front gable. The Greeley Armory, with its door partially open, is next door and is...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Armories--American--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- 1875
- 308 E. Third, Glengarry House
- Early view of East 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado, includes log cabins with sod roofs side by side with with new board and batten or false front structures. A man stands on the boardwalk in front of a two-story hewn log false front with...
- McDonald, A. A.--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- General George Armstrong Custer, officers and ladies at Fort Abraham Lincoln
- Custer and wife of Lt. Calhoun - seated, middle of steps), Lt. Charles A. Varnum (7th Cavalry), Mrs. Myles Moylan (behind General Carlin), Lt. James Calhoun (7th Cavalry - right end of middle row, standing next to porch banister); third or back...
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Military officers--1870-1880.; Officers' quarters--1870-1880.; Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 8th Annual Denver City directory
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- John & Ann Pitts' home on 225 W. 8th St.
- This exterior view of John and Ann Pitts' home on 225 West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado, captures the house after a snow. Ann stands in front the small one story house with front gable, awning roofs over three sash front windows, an entry...
- Pitts, Ann--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Pitts, John--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1968
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- 1. Jo Raymond, 2. - , 3. Fred (Aklin?) 4. Jo Cuerto, 5. Paddy Welch, 6. Geo Layden 7. Chas Gow, 8. Jo (Broad?) 9. M. Welch 10.-
- Street scene in front of Georgetown, Colorado saloon. Chan Gow, a Chinese man, sits in a two wheel cart being drawn by a burro. A Pitbull dog is next to him. Other men in suits and hats are behind; the saloonkeeper has a vest, tie and white apron,...
- Chinese--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1892]
- Badger Hotel, Alpine, Colorado, 1881, Captain Ford and John T. Swain, owners
- A group of men pose in front of wood frame and log businesses in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado. Four men sit on the boardwalk by the two- story false front Badger Hotel, named for the Badger State of Wisconsin, where owners Captain Ford and John...
- Badger Hotel (Alpine, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Ford, Captain.; Swain, John.
- 1881
- Zanetell tent at Forbes tent colony
- Striking coal miners and their families pose near Joe Zanetell's tent during the UMW labor strike against CF & I. at Forbes Camp near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado The people are identified (left to right) as: 1) an unidentified man, 2)...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1914
- Stage arrival at Fremont, Cripple Creek
- A large crowd of people gather near the front of the Continental Hotel for the arrival of a stage in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. The group is made up of mostly men and many wear hats and overcoats. Four men sit on top of the...
- Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Methodist Church [graphic]
- This street view has a Methodist Church, a small one-story house and a commercial block. The church is a large brick structure with a front gable, a wood shingle roof, Gothic windows, a double door entry with wood- panel doors and a transom above...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900]
- The house at Gregory Point - (Black Hawk) home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederich Kruse 188?-1939, Ben Draper, March 1940
- Front view of two-story horizonal-clapboard Kruse residence in Black Hawk, Colorado, featuring three front bays, sawtooth gables, two chimneys, open first-story porch with posts supporting a projecting roof, and balustrades making up the bargeboard...
- Kruse, Frederich--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939]
- Nederland, Colorado. Hotels and Motels. The Antlers (first)
- A group of men, women and children stands on the front porch and in front of The Antlers Hotel in Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado, probably in the 1890s. A man stands next to a woman holding a baby on the right side of the front porch. The...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Porches--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- B.P.O.E. Lodge-367, Victor, Colo.
- Group view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 367, Victor, Colorado posed in front of Donnelley building, 412 West Victor Avenue; men are posed (seated or standing) in three-piece suits, many with silk top hats or derby hats with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- East side of Harrison Avenue in Leadville Colorado
- This view of businesses on the east side of Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes several two story false front wooden structures with bracketed cornices, large store front windows and panel kickplates, and striped awnings. One small...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- S.E. Roussin (35 yrs. old) & his wife (then 16) in front of cabin, a short distance "up canyon" (north from town of Creede)
- Mr. and Mrs. Roussin stand together in front of their home in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The one-story building has a gable, shingles and a bridge over a ravine that leads to the front door. Logs are neatly stacked at the end of the...
- Roussin family--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Front elevation Van Holt Garrett, Jr. residence
- Front elevation for a Federal style residence at 355 Ivy Street, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned by Van Holt Garrett, Jr., ca. 1937. The facade is characterized by eight-over-eight double-hung windows; splayed window lentils...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses.
- 1937, February 1
- 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Murder By The Book
- Professor Tom Noel waves from the front porch of Murder By The Book (1936), a book shop at 1574 Pearl Street, in the Platt Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The shop is in a Queen Anne style house with prominent front and side gables and...
- Murder By The Book (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bookstores.; Murder By The Book (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1998
- 2519 California
- View of 2519 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story vernacular Queen Anne cottage. The residence has a front -facing L plan and a cross-gabled roof. There are wood shingles in a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Secondhand sales.; African Americans--Children.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1978
- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Morley, Las Animas County, Colorado
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Morley in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, doctor's office, and company boarding house occupy a large mission style structure with towers and a stucco...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- View of a two story house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding. There is decorative front gable trim with turned finials, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Leadville residence
- This view of a carpenter gothic two story house in Leadville, Colorado features a side gable with a one story addition on the back, a wood shingle roof, a brick chimney, a stone foundation and two second story window dormers cut into the roofline....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- 1346 Palmer Lake Eating House G. G. Russel Prop. D. & R. G. R. R.
- Four men and one woman stand outside of the eating house near the shore of the lake in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad are in front of the building. The "Lunch Room" has a hipped roof, gables,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake Eating House (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888?]
- Men with horses under tent
- A man stands in front of a horse tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He rests his left hand on a saddle hanging on a rope in front of him. Another man stands in the left background in front of the tent. Additional saddles and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Saddles--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Baca County Court House,
- Mary Malden, Alice Jack, Roy Mathews, Ralph Hooker, Chas. Howell, Mrs. Howell, Margaret Jackson, Hallie Herbert, Mrs. Cora Mordica, Mrs. Elden Allen stand in front of the third Baca County Courthouse, Springfield, Colorado (town originally was in...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Jett Hardware 10th & Main
- Men stand in front of Jett Hardware store, 10th (Tenth) and Main, Springfield, in Baca County (also Las Animas County) Colorado. Items on display in front of the store: a tractors, plows, and other farm equipment.
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1915?
- Wm. Sabine residence, Alamosa
- William Sabine's residence in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1879 and is a one-story wood frame house with a low hipped roof with a widow's walk, clapboard siding, pedimented drip molds, and covered porch with double arch front. William, his wife,...
- Sabine, William--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- J. T. and E. T. Tucker, owners, pose in front of their restaurant, Tucker's Restaurant, with a large wait staff in jackets, vests and bow ties, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Midland Block, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A dog stands in...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Waiters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Tucker, E. T.; Tucker, J. T.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- McFarlane Foundry, Ja 13, 1966
- A tree branch hanging in the foreground partially obscures the old McFarlane foundry building in Central City, Colorado. The one-story structure with a flat roof and a false front is constructed of stone and wood and sided with corrugated tin and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, clapboard house with a pediment-style front gabled roof with tin covering and a chimney is seen from the side. Decorative columns are under the eaves. The house has rectangular windows with lintels and molding around them. Windows on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Main Street South Arkansas, Colo
- View of Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado with false fronted buildings flanking the dirt street. A sign at the top of a clapboard front reads: "Restaurant." A projecting sign reads: "Harness Shop," where men stand in front of the door. Other signs...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Central City residence interiors
- Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Central City
- Bar patrons, holding beer and resting their feet on the barrail or nearby chairs, stand at a bar in Central City, Colorado. One patron smokes a cigar; another stands over a spittoon. The bartender stands behind the bar wearing a waistcoat and an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Businesses in Central City, Colorado
- The Hawley block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses the Hawley Merchandise Co. and the Morrell Hardware Co. The masonry building with arched windows and a flat roof has a bracketed cornice and buildings on either side of it. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
- 1898
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Livery Stable, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a livery stable with men and horses in front, Georgetown, Colorado. The building is of wood construction, and has a stepped false front. A board sidewalk runs along both sides, and saplings are planted on the side. Five men,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1910.; Stables--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1910.
- [between 1865 and 1910?]
- Bedrock - 1950
- View of a commercial building in Bedrock, Colorado, showing a two story structure that includes rough cut rock siding (first floor), horizontal clapboard siding (second floor), rectangular bays, open front porch with ceiling and support posts...
- Bedrock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.
- 1950
- New Catholic Church
- View of the "new" Catholic Church in Crested Butte, Colorado; shows a steep, bellcast, front gable with a cross on top, shaped stone on the front facade, and vertical boards on the side facade; double door entrance with decorative woodwork; bell...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Kremmling
- View of the former gathering place for members of the Trinity Church in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado; originally serving as the front office of a lumber company; features a false front structure, pressed metal siding designed to look like...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.; Privies--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1966]