Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1927 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1927.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 2011
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 1
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 A-L
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 5
- Barnum Elementary School, School Community Government
- Lizzard's [sic] Head and Mt. Wilson
- View of the town of Lizard Head, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, log buildings, tents and horses; Lizard Head rock formation and Mt. Wilson are in the distance.
- Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1889-1890.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1889-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1889-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lizard Head--1889-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Lizard...
- [between 1889 and 1890]
- Lizzard's [sic] Head and Mt. Wilson
- View of the town of Lizard Head, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, log buildings, tents, and horses. Lizard Head rock formation and Mt. Wilson are in the distance.
- Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1880-1900.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lizard Head--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Lizard Head--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Mt. Wilson and Lizzard [sic] Head
- View of the settlement of Lizard Head in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, log buildings, firewood stacks, tents and horses. Mt. Wilson and Lizard Head are visible in the distance.
- Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1880-1900.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Settlements--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, October 11, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak, photographed from Galloping Goose. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 15, 1948.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1948
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, August 9, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, 1950s.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, March 1981.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1980-1990.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1980-1990.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1980-1990.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1981
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, March 1981.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1980-1990.; Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1980-1990.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1980-1990.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1981
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880
- Wapiti (Elk)
- Studio photograph of a taxidermic bull elk head. Shows a head with antlers on probably a fake rock podium scattered with dried vines and leaves.
- Elk--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Art display, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of an art exhibition, possibly a classroom in a Georgetown, Colorado, school built in 1874. The room has high ceilings with picture moulding, three suspended lightbulbs, long blackboards over wainscotting, and a large window in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Art--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- San Ildefonso
- Native American (Tewa) man, woman, and child, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The man wears a shirt, pants and a headband, he holds a baby in a hooded gown. The woman wears a dark shawl over her head and shoulders, and a dress with an apron; she...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Infants--New Mexico--San...
- 1918
- Broadway Theater Ushers
- Ushers from the Broadway Theater pose in front of the building, Denver, Colorado. Identification: "Joe Evert, Al Bergstrand, W. Roberts, A. Copeland (4th from left, Arthur B. Copeland), G. Tracy, R. Binster (?) - Head Usher, balcony, J. Monayhan,...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- March 22, 1900
- Yellow Feather, Maricopa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Maricopa) woman, Yellow Feather. She holds a wide, woven basket on her head, cushioned by a cloth head ring. She wears a netted collar with a diamond pattern over a white, sleeveless shirt. Her...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Maricopa Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Baskets--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Lizard Head
- View of rock formation Lizard Head on Lizard Head Pass, Colorado; copy of an original attributed to McClure.
- Lizard Head Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Lizard Head Pass--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; smoke. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on view at north portal of snowshed. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, in snowshed. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, from top of cars; front of engine largely obstructed by cars. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, southbound. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; train on siding; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view; emerging from snowshed; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; smoke; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on; last ore train arriving; smoke; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, very distant view. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, October 12, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, distant view. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, October 12, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; very distant view; train approaching Lizard Head; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, distant view; train leaving Lizard Head. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; very distant view; train approaching Lizard Head; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Panorama of Lizard Head facilities; cars on siding. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 16, 1946.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1946
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, distant view; smoke; snow; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, November 19, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Head on, distant view; with helper engine 452; smoke; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, November 19, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 4
- Almost head on; Galloping Goose with water passengers outside. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, August 4, 1951.
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Lizard Head Peak; snow. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- Mt. Wilson and Lizzard [sic] Head
- View of Mount Wilson and a pillar rock formation known as Lizard Head in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows trees, rolling hills, a small homestead, a forested valley, livestock, and two log structures, one under construction. Shows logs stacked...
- Lizard Head (Colo. : Summit)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wilson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Lizard Head snow shed & old depot
- Lizard Head, in San Miguel County, Colorado, consists of a one- story frame railroad depot and a car barn. Tracks lead into the barn, and a sign on the depot reads: "Lizard Head elev 10,500." Snow dotted peaks of the San Juans are in the background.
- Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- June 1952
- Round Head and his papoose, Crow Indians
- Round Head, a Native American (Crow) man, stands holding his child in front of two men on horses. Round Head wears moccasins, leggings, a decorative necklace, and braids, and is wrapped in a blanket. The men on horses wear hats, shirts, and pants,...
- Crow Indians--Children--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--1890-1910.; Round Head, Crow Indian.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Crazy Head
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Crazy Head, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He wears a beaded shirt, a necklace with a beaded and fringed fur pelt pendant, and a beaded feather headdress.
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Crazy Head.
- 1908
- Bull Head, Dakota warrior, seated holding peace pipe, 3/4 length
- Bull Head, Dakota, 3/4 length seated studio portrait; wearing two feathers in hair, braids wrapped in fur, scarf tied at neck, breastplate, blanket wrapped around waist, holding pipe and weaving attached to pipe, and ring on finger; in charge of...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Bull Head.
- [188-?]
- Bull Head, Dakota, seated, full length
- Bull Head, Dakota, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; wearing two feathers in hair, braids wrapped in fur, scarf tied at neck, breastplate, beaded moccasins, and blanket wrapped around waist;, holding peace pipe and beaded...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Bull Head.
- [188?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, distant view with caboose 0400; approaching derailed "R.G.S. Plow Flanger 02." Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Snowplows--Colorado--Lizard...
- 1951
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10