Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1903
- Estes Park, Colorado, has a few gable-roofed buildings gathered around an intersection. Fences run along the roads, a horse grazes near a farm, and snow-capped mountains are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1903
- 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions
- Teenage boys from the Cutler Academy baseball team in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado pose as the 1905 Southern Interscholastic League champions. Team members in the top row are identified as: McRae, catcher; Wilfley, center field;...
- Cutler Academy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1905
- [Carlos Beaubien] [art original].
- Beaubien, Carlos--Portraits.; Watercolor painting, American.; Portraits.
- 1961
- [Stagecoach] [art original].
- Stagecoach stations in art.; Painting, American.; Overland journeys to the Pacific--Pictorial works.; Stagecoaches--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- [n.d.]
- [White reclining cat]
- Cats--Pictorial works.;
- ca. 1940
- A. A. Spaugh
- Addison A. Spaugh, a general foreman of the Converse Cattle Company, poses on his horse "Old Cotton" while on a roundup in the Cheyenne River drainage in Wyoming. He wears a vest with a watch fob and stovepipe boots.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Archaeology artifacts
- Interior view of Native American (Anasazi Pueblo) artifacts, shows shelves with clay pots, jars, and cups; hanging mounted displays of bones, awls, projectile points (arrowheads) and knives; and reed mats.
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1940.; Projectile points--1900-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1940.; Pottery--1900-1940.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Archaeology artifacts
- Interior view of Native American (Anasazi Pueblo) artifacts, shows shelves with ceramic pots, bowls, jars, cups and hanging mounted displays of bones, awls, projectile points (arrowheads).
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1940.; Projectile points--1900-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1940.; Pottery--1900-1940.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Augusta Louise Tabor
- Studio portrait of (possibly) Augusta Louise Tabor, in a dress and high button shoes.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.; Girls--1840-1850.
- [between 1840 and 1850?]
- Augusta Tabor[?]
- Studio portrait of (probably) Augusta Louise Tabor, in a dress with lace and a straw hat.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.; Girls--1840-1850.
- [between 1840 and 1850?]
- Bancroft (Dr. Frederick J.) farm
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the Frederick J. Bancroft farmhouse at Hart's Corner, Sheridan Boulevard and Morrison Road in Denver, Colorado; features a white picket fence.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Barclay Block (18th & Larimer)
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the Barclay Block at 1751 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado; features storefronts and a cornice.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Beautiful Denver Mud!! cor. Welton & 16th Sts.
- View of Welton at 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, pedestrians, a horse and buggy, trees, and mud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mud--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887 or 1888
- Bed room
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include a brass bed, oriental rug, rocker and upholstered chairs, mirrors in carved wood frames, an oil chandelier, and appliqued bed linen.
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Beebee House
- Stereographic view of a group of people sitting on a stagecoach in front of the Beebee House, a hotel in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of horses. Another stagecoach, with a group of men standing on it, is in...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Beebee House (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Bird's eye view of Colorado State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of stone buildings and walls with faceted corner lookout towers. A spur of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad crosses the City Ditch in the foreground, which cuts through the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Birdwood Ranch, Nebr. John Bratt's outfit
- Group portrait of men on horses at the Birdwood Ranch in Birdwood (Lincoln County), Nebraska; a chuck wagon and tent are to the sides.
- Birdwood (Neb.)--1880-1890.; Chuckwagons--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Black Beaver
- Head and shoulders portrait of Black Beaver, Native American Lenni Lenape (Delaware) wearing short cropped hair, sack jacket and neck scarf.
- Delaware Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Black Beaver.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Black Hawk
- View is west up Gregory Gulch, Black Hawk, Colorado and shows: Colorado Central R.R. tracks in near foreground, large empty site where Chas. Leitzman's Blacksmith shop used to be (notice chimney stack), Scobey's Saloon, Black Hawk Cracker Works,...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [188-?]
- Black Hawk
- View is west up Gregory Gulch in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Colorado Central Railroad trestle in midground with C.C.R.R. passenger train going over Gregory Street, Chas. Leitzman's Blacksmith shop in near foreground, Scobey's Saloon, Black Hawk...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [188-?]
- Black Hawk Colo., after the flood, July 30, 1895
- View from ground level of a street crowded with people after the flood of 1895 in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a woman seated with umbrella, one woman standing with umbrella and propped against a leaning pole, and one woman with her left arm behind...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Black Hawk, Col.
- View west of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado. Shows rail lines; large rectangular, flat roofed, stone carriage shop; Gilpin Hotel on Main Street; Gregory Street with most of Black Hawk businesses located along this street; Colorado Central train...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1889]
- Black Hawk, Colo., 1880's
- View west up Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado, toward Mountain City and Central City; shows railroad tracks, Henry Peek Wagon Factory, a log pile, a well and flagpole. Signs read: "Jason E. Scobey Saloon and Liquor Store," "Black Hawk Cracker...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- View southwest from Swede Hill of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Bobtail Hill, Main St. and Gregory St. split, Selak St., Presbyterian Church, Gregory Hill and Mammoth Hill in far distance, mines working Gregory lode, log piles, a blacksmith...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1863 and 1879?]
- Black Lake
- Black Lake, near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado, is framed by peaks and foothills, they are reflected in the still water.
- Black Lake (Summit County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Reflections--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boulder, Colo. regents of the University of Colorado
- Men in suits, ties, and gold chains stand on steps fronting a brick building with an arched wooden door in Boulder, Colorado, and are identified left to right as: Delong, Gardiner, Farnsworth, Hale, Fulton, Bell, Palmer, Waggener.
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1900?]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, frame dwellings and commercial buildings dot the scene. The Tonopa Shop with its monitor roof sits at the base of Barney Ford Hill and ruts lead up Illinois Gulch from the facility. Above...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge and the Ten-Mile
- The Carter Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed, hewn log cabin with white chinking and a shed roofed extension on the left. A sash window is next to the door. Another, smaller hewn log outbuilding is to the left, and a...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Brown (Mrs. J. J.) home
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the J. J. and Margaret Tobin (Molly) Brown house at 1340 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Brown, James Joseph--Homes & haunts.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Molly Brown House Museum (Denver, Colo.)
- 1941
- Buckskin Charly [sic]
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute); dress includes a hair pipe breastplate, fur, and a moustache.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Buena Vista Main St.
- Frame commercial buildings line Main Street in Buena Vista, Colorado. The boardwalk has men, barrels and nail kegs on it; wagons and a Labrador dog are in the dirt street. Signs read: "Tents," "Hardware," "Board of Trade," "Cooper's Place,"...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Buena Vista, from Lake House
- Frame commercial buildings and dwellings line the dirt street in Buena Vista, Colorado; signs read: "Cottonwood Restaurant" and "Assayer's Office." A bridge crosses Cottonwood Creek in the foreground, and the Collegiate range towers in the...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1879?
- Byers, William N. home
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the William N. Byers home at 1800 South Sherman Street, in the Platt Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features bay windows.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Cable Car Barn 18th & Lawrence
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the "Cable Garage" at 1801 Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. (Formerly the Denver City Cable Railway Company cable house.) The brick building has arched windows; cars are parked nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Canon City, Colorado
- Bird's eye view map of dwellings, grid streets, commercial buildings and trees in Canon City, Colorado. The Arkansas River is in the foreground, flanked by tracks (with trains) of the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Canon City, Colorado
- Bird's eye view map of dwellings, grid streets, commercial buildings and trees in Canon City, Colorado. The Arkansas River is in the foreground, flanked by tracks (with trains) of the Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890--Aerial views.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- 1888
- Capt Taylor and his noted Indian scouts on drill at Pine Ridge S.D.
- Captain Charles William Taylor poses with Philip Wells and his Native American Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne scouts in formation on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They wear uniforms with fur hat and hold rifles. A tepee camp shows in...
- Cheyenne Indians--Military service--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Military service--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Military service--South...
- [1891]
- Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs
- View of Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the wide, dirt street, tree-story residences with porches, balconies, chimneys, and dormers with fenced yards and young trees.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs
- View of Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the Pourtales residence with hipped dormer, shingle imbrication, and a round tower with a bell cast roof, the three-story brick building Alta Vista Hotel to the north, and...
- Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City stores Hogo H. Kruse, Grocer
- Interior view of a grocery store in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Items for sale include: cookware, furniture, lamps, food, and clothing. The items are displayed in cases and along shelves.
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Central City, Colorado streets
- View of the back of storefront buildings in Central City, Colorado. Garbage and vegetation litter the foreground. A telephone post stands near the row of brick and wood buildings on the left. A wooden fire escape is attached to the back of each...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Champion baseball team of Colorado 18-
- The Colorado championship baseball team of 18??, from Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, poses wiht their manager near a rocky outcropping down in the old base ball ground. Members include: "left right- Frank Gisen, Patty Downs, Johnnie...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Baseball players--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Charpiot's Hotel
- Watercolor painting shows Charpiot's Hotel, residential apartments at 1540 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a building with a cornice and sign: "Delmonico of the West;" shows a sidewalk clock, storefronts, pedestrians, and cars.
- Charpiot Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Chase (Edward) home
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the Edward Chase residence, at 2859 Lawrence Street in Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch and balcony. Chase was a proprietor of gambling establishments with partner Soapy Smith.
- Chase, Edward, 1838-1921--Homes and haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Chief Rocky Bear's Home Frank Granard, chief of U.S. Scouts on horse at Rocky Bear's Home
- Frank Granard, chief of the U.S. Scouts, poses on horseback near where Chief Rocky Bear of the Oglala Sioux stands. Rocky Bear was the leader of the Sioux people who were members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West prior to Iron Tail. Several...
- Indian scouts--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Granard, Frank.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Cimarron, Colorado
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande station yard in Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado; includes railroad tracks, one with an observation car, board and batten side gable structure and a fence with a bentwood gate.
- Cimarron (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Cimarron--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Cimarron, Colorado 1934
- Street scene in Cimarron, Montrose County, Colorado, shows Jack Green's Garage and the Cimarron Mercantile Company; trucks and automobiles park next to the wood frame buildings and rocky cliff bands are in the background.
- Cimarron (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cimarron--1930-1940.
- 1934
- City Hall
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows City Hall (razed 1946), at 14th (Fourteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado; features a clock tower. The Larimer Street bridge over Cherry Creek is in the foreground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Clark, Rufus "Potato" home
- Watercolor and gouache painting shows the Rufus A. Clark house at 1395 South Cherokee in the Overland Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a cornice and a widow's walk.
- Clark, Rufus A.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Overland (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- 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...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20