Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cowboys on a Roundup
- A group of cowboys hired for a Roundup pose by covered wagons and tents in Kaufman Meadow, Chaffee County, Colorado. Some sit on horseback, others lie on the ground and one sits in a wagon. Pictured left to right are: 1. Tom McQuade; 2. & 3....
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Meadow (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Ridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Chaffee...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Buffalo borders at carcass of freshly killed cow elk
- Two cowboys in woolies chaps and felt hats kneel beside a headless elk carcass killed by wolves. One cowboy holds up a bison head. Two saddled horses frame the men and carcass on the ground. Dogs sniff the ground behind the men.
- Wolves--Control--1920-1940.; Bison--1920-1940.; Cowboys--1920-1940.; Elk--1920-1940.; Horses--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1934?]
- Dump of the Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Men stand or sit and pose beside the Gold King Mine in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men have moustaches and beards and wear hats, vests and jackets. A man with a pipe reclines in a wheelbarrow. A man holds a wheelbarrow and poses beside...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Johnny Baker
- Johnny Baker, also known as the "Cowboy Kid" and "Marvelous Marksman," poses as he bends over backwards; his head rests on a cloth on the ground and he aims a rifle. He is part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A man stands near him who wears a...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1900.; Sharpshooting--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.
- [between 1899 and 1900]
- Sioux Commission - Gen. Crook, Gov. Foster, Sen. Warner, all sitting, full length
- Full length portrait of the Sioux Commission of 1889, all seated, wooden railing of front porch in background; left to right: General George Crook holding carved walking stick or cane, Charles Foster of Ohio holding walking stick or cane, and...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890.; Foster, Charles, 1828-1904.; Warner, William, 1840-1916.; United States. Sioux Commission (1889)
- 1889
- Buildings at Portland, showing highwater line
- Men stand outside a building and beside cinder brick houses near the Arkansas River in Portland (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows water marks on buildings from the flood, and mud and silt on the ground. A highway bridge over the washed out river...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Portland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Mesa Verde excavations, Cliff Palace?
- A man dressed in work clothes stands in the bottom of a small hole, possibly a grain storage area, in an area underneath a steep cliff wall, possibly in DuPont Cave in Utah. A shovel lies on the ground behind him, and he holds another tool in his...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1920.; Caves--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Several pieces of wood, probably the remains of a wing wall, stand in Pithouse B of Step House, a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park. Other pieces of wood protrude from the dirt ground and wall in the background. People have left footprints...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Deric Nusbaum leans over a group of Native American men who sit in a circle on the ground, possibly inside a Navajo hogan. One of the men scratches in the dirt ground with a piece of wood. The wall of their shelter is made of pieces of wood.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Navajo Indians--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hogans--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- The ruins of a cliff dwelling lie under a rock overhang in Mesa Verde National Park. Trees line the top ledge of the overhang as well as the ground below the dwelling. Small patches of snow cover small rocks on the ground.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- David B. Allen in "whites"
- Portrait of David B. Allen in his "whites" or winter uniform posed in the same postion as the "Ski Trooper" cover of the Saturday Evening Post. He is crouching close to the ground and carrying a knapsack with a white cover, a rifle and is holding...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Hawikuh
- A man squats down and brushes the dirt away from a stone slab at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The handle of a digging tool lies on the ground behind him. The man wears a hat that covers his face as he bows his head toward the...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, sits in the background and watches four Native American men who sit in a circle in a wooden shelter, possibly a hogan, in Mesa Verde National Park. One of the men squats and is using a stick to scratch in the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hogans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A piece of wood lies next to a round stone on the dirt ground of Pithouse A of Step House, one of Mesa Verde National Park's cliff dwellings. A small hole is next to the rock. Additional pieces of wood protrude from the ground and the dirt wall...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Engine 625, Colorado and Southern
- Men pose on and near Colorado and Southern Railway locomotive number 625 and a tender at the roundhouse in Denver, Colorado. The men are identified from left to right: "Standing on the ground - Charles Eichman, Charles Conroe, Charles Howell...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- A familiar bridge in Bear Creek
- View of wooden stairs and a suspension foot bridge over Bear Creek in probably Bear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. The bridge has decorative hewn log and stick pillars, supports and a railing. A support cable is staked in the ground. A...
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Buffalo attacked by wolves
- A pack of wolves attacks an American buffalo bull in a snow storm. The bull charges the wolves, and an injured wolf lies on the ground. Shows buffalo skulls on the snowy ground.
- Animal attacks--1860-1870.; Bison--1860-1870.; Wolves--1860-1870.
- 1868 February 15
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Collins, Edgar.; Collins, Margie Becker.; Kemp,...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Becker, Margie.; Collins, Edgar.; Kemp, John H.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pottery makers at Painted Desert
- Maria Martinez, pottery maker from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, kneels with another woman making pottery at the Indian village exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Diego in 1915. Julian Martinez stands behind the two women and...
- Art exhibitions--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Potters--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Martínez, Julián, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter; Martínez, María Montoya--Family.;...
- [1915?]
- Chow!!
- A group of nineteen Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait to enter a dining hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One soldier playfully holds another off the ground. All are wearing brown wool uniforms. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- Mining hoists
- A miner leans against a windlass pulling something up from below ground, probably in Gilpin County, Colorado. Wood boards lie on the ground near where the man stands. He wears a hat and work clothes.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hoisting machinery--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Deserted teepee
- An abandoned teepee stands in the left midground on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several pots and pans are on the ground inside the teepee. Snow covers the ground in front of the teepee, and numerous trees with bare branches...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Game hunt
- Dead birds (pheasant, duck, or geese?) hang on a shed and are on the ground in (probably) Colorado; snow covers the ground. A dog is near the shed.
- Dead animals--Colorado--1900-1910.; Game bird hunting--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sheds--Colorado--1900-1910.
- Lincoln School in Sterling, Colo.
- The Fifth Grade class from Lincoln Elementary School in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County harvest vegetables, including carrots, potatoes, and turnips. Several boys dig into the ground with shovels. The girls sit on the ground and sort the...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Harvesting--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.
- October, 1942
- Buffalo
- A herd of buffalo lies on the ground in a fenced pen near Earl's Court in England. The buffaloes are part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of them are shedding their woolly coats. A longhorn steer lies on the ground in the center...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Cattle--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Death of the horse thief
- Two cowboys, one walking, the other kneeling on the ground, scurry near a log pole from which a man hangs with a noose around his neck during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The hanging man's hands are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Hangings--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Annie Oakley and others [graphic]
- Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses sits on the ground holding the front hoof of a horse in front of a set for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another young woman, possibly Della Ferrell, sits near her, also in front of a horse. A young man sits on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Cowboy dismounted by bucker
- A cowboy lies on the ground in a dirt arena after being bucked from a horse during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man holds a taut rope attached to the horse's bridle. Another cowboy lies on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Broncos.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- End for the horse thief
- A cowboy on horseback works to lower the body of a man hanged during a reenactment in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. In the act, the man was hanged because he was a horse thief. A second man stands on the ground next to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Hangings.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Horse stealing.
- [1892?]
- Walter Scotts, Gus Uhl
- Two cowboys pose with their horses in a dirt arena of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Walter Scott sits on his horse's side as it lies on the ground in the left midground. Scott wears sheepskin chaps and has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Scott, Walter.; Uhl, Gus.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Young boys peeking under tent
- A group of young boys lies on the ground peeking under a tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several additional boys walk near them. They are wearing knickers and caps. One boy lying on the ground in the center midground has a hole near the top...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Morado [i.e. Morada]
- View of a Penitente morada between Talpa and Ranchos de Taos in Taos County, New Mexico. Shows an adobe building with vigas and wooden crosses on the ground near the building. Trees and houses are in the distance and snow covers the ground.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Taos County (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men, some boys, and one girl who wears a dress and bonnet pose under a wooden canopy shared by the Willoughby & Streeter Dry Good's store and another building in Leadville, Colorado. The group stands on a raised boardwalk, with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- School
- Snow covers the ground around the schoolhouse in Frisco, Colorado. The school has a gable roof with an elaborate bell tower; a person is on the roof near the chimney. A person on the ground walks away towards evergreen trees. An American flag on a...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1910-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Frisco--1910-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1970?]
- Englewood
- The newly-completed First Federal Savings Bank in Englewood, Colorado, is at 4301 South Broadway. First Federal of Colorado merged with First Federal of Englewood in 1959, when the new building was built. Steps lead to the entrance, which is...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Englewood--1950-1960.
- [1959?]
- How we cook in Colorado : choice recipes
- Cookbook created with submissions from the Ladies of First Baptist Church.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1907
- Dedication exercises, East High School.
- Program for the dedication of the East High School building on Colfax and Elizabeth Street in Denver, Colorado.
- High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925 September 25
- Stapleton International Airport
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of single story unidentified brick house in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Snow visible on ground and roof. Area in snow cleared for sidewalk. One large window and one small glass block window on side of house....
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking South to Bicentennial Park
- Black and white print of Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora, looking south from 1140 Troy to Bicentennial Park. Dirt, bushes, and sidewalk along bottom of print. Part of building overhang visible on right side of print, with drain running from...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- History of Denver
- Breaking ground for the new library
- Group portrait of men, women, and girls in Denver, Colorado, at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver Public Library, including (l to r): Jean Dudley, F. M. Richie, Mr. Frederick Ross (architect), Mr. C. R. Dudley, Helen F. Ingersoll, B. H....
- Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Dudley, Jean.; Dudley, Marion.; Ingersoll, Helen Frances, 1878-; Lichter, B. H.; Richie, F. M.; Ross, Frederick.; Denver Public Library--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1906, August 7
- Fair Ground Grocery Store
- View of a grocery store in Denver, Colorado; a man poses by the corner entry, and signs read: "Rainbow Bread," "Wonder Bread," "Home Cooked," and "Fair Ground Grocery."
- Fair Ground Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Ground breaking for the Mayo-Schlessman Building
- Ralph B. Mayo and Gerald L. Schlessman participate in a ground breaking ceremony for the Mayo-Schlessman Building on Sherman Street between 17th and 18th Streets in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Ralph Mayo holds a shovel...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Mayo, Ralph B.; Schlessman, Gerald L.
- [1953?]
- Chief Bird All Over The Ground Crow Indian
- Chief Bird All Over The Ground, a Native American (Crow) man poses outdoors. He holds a beaded and fringed bag and wears beaded moccasins, leggings, fur pelts over his shoulders, and a feather headdress.
- Crow Indians--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Headdresses--1900-1930.; Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Bird All Over The Ground.
- [between 1902 and 1930]
- Mayor Stapleton breaking ground for new City Hall
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton shovels dirt at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of men who wear overcoats and wide-brimmed hats stand nearby. The...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 March 26]
- Mayor Stapleton breaking ground for new City Hall
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton holds a shovel at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of men stand nearby and look on. The Denver Public Library and...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 March 26]
- Ceremonies of breaking ground for the new City Hall
- Men and women stand near a steam shovel at the ground breaking ceremony for the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 March 26