Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow, canvas tents, and people.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows boys, a snow tower, an effigy, and United States flags.
- 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.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Demonstrations - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows boys and a snow tower.
- 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.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Tent colony - Ludlow massacre
- View of the UMWA tent camp in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, for coal miners on strike against CF&I; shows snow and canvas tents.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows boys, men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, canvas tents, a United States flag, a frame building, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, canvas tents, and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men, canvas tents, snow, a frame building and water tower.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows a boy, men, canvas tents, a horse-drawn wagon, and a snow tower with effigy.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows canvas tents and a man with a chunk of snow, wearing a metal star on his suspenders.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows canvas tents, men, and boys.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows canvas tents, men, women, a boy, snow, and washtubs.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows canvas tents and snow.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - tent colony
- View of the UMWA camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, snow, and hills.
- 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.; Buildings--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal...
- 1914
- Ludlow massacre - demonstrations
- View of UMWA coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men atop a snow tower, waving United States flags.
- 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.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, early days
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the Alvord house in the foreground and the central business district of Idaho Springs in the distance. Horse and carriage in the near foreground.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- McMurtrie residence Pennsylvania and 10th Aves., Denver
- View of John A. McMurtrie home at 1007 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features rusticated stone, turrets, arches, a covered porch, and ornate chimneys.
- McMurtrie, John A.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 May 3
- 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?]
- Post office, Foxton, Jefferson County, Colorado, August 10, 1971
- The post office in Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado, features: horizontal log walls, a medium gable, vertical board gableboard, square window bays (one of which is barred), and a single leaf door. A sign on the building reads: "Foxton on the...
- Foxton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Foxton--1970-1980.
- 1971 August 10
- Women of the Ku Klux Klan
- Studio portrait of women members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The women pose in white hoods and robes with cross emblems. One woman wears a dark cape.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-); Hate groups--1920-1930.; Costumes--1920-1930.; Organizations--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1925?]
- 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
- Manitou Springs, 582
- second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; it is flanked by its freight and passenger...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Soda Springs and Cliff House, Manitou
- View of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows the Pavilion, an ornate frame building with a cupola and sunburst motif, the Cliff House Hotel, the Ruxton Creek footbridge, and the J. B. Wheeler residence. A phaeton and horse are by the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Washington School, Aspen
- Third grade school children, who include Regina Colin, and their teacher Miss Light pose in front of Washington School in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows a brick building with rusticated stone trim. Penciled note on back of the photoprint...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Relics from the Cliff Dwellings
- View of Native American (Anasazi) pottery, stone and bone tools, and a woven mat. Shows a decorated bowl, cups, a ladle and ears of corn.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1890-1900.; Antiquities--United States--1890-1900.; Pottery--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mesa community dinner gathering
- Group portrait of the Mesa community dinner gathering, about five miles from Meeker, at the Frank Harker homestead, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Left to right: Luke Devlin, Jennie Tomlinson (Mrs. Wes. Tomlinson), Mattie Harker (Mrs. Frank Harker),...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- Town group in front of the old Wood's Hotel in Walden, Colorado
- View of men, boys, a dog, and burro in Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, by Wood's Hotel. They are (l to r): K. J. Mac Callum, Bill Wells, Dave Semple, Harold Semple, John Davis, Jack Mckee, Ed Anderson, Mr. Clapper, ?, Oliver Allard, Ben Mosman...
- Wood's Hotel (Walden, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Walden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Walden--1890-1900.
- 1895
- 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?]
- Santa Clara
- Native Americans of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, kneel during the Matachines Dance in front of Euro-American style dressed men with drums. The dancers wear fabric masks, painted painted mitre headdresses with two feathers and long layers of...
- Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Matachines (Dance)--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara...
- [1900?]
- 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]
- No name
- Seated studio portrait of an unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man in front of a painted backdrop. He wears a cotton shirt, leggings, long kilt, blanket around his waist and holds a prop revolver.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1870.; Indians of North America--1850-1870.
- [between 1853 and 1870?]
- Idaho Springs, bath house
- View of the Mammoth Swimming Bath House in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features vertical board siding, front gable roof with an open porch at the entrance, and a louvered vent with a gable in the center of the roof; horizontal log fence and a false...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.; Roads--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1863]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, bath house
- View of the Ocean Bath house next to Soda Creek near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features a tall sign atop two wooden posts with an assortment of support devices advertising the name of the establishment; a small bridge spans the creek; a man works on...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1863 and 1877]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, early days
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows many residences in a valley; features the two story Alvord house with medium gable and a single chimney offset; sign reads: "Alvord House;" Clear Creek beyond the house.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- View of Idaho and Clear Creek Valley
- The view looking west up Clear Creek Valley, Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek, residences and storage sheds in the valley between Bellevue Mountain and Flirtation Peak.
- Bellevue Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Flirtation Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Na-buash-i-ta, Apache medicine man of White Mountain Apache
- Seated studio portrait of Na-buash-i-ta, Native American White Mountain Apache medicine man wearing a cap and animal fur medicine hat with two feathers to protect him from bullets and arrows.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; White Mountain Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Na-buash-i-ta.
- [1884?]
- Silver Plume
- The town of Silver Plume, Colorado, sits at the bottom of Clear Creek valley. This view is prior to the fire of November 1884 and shows most of the central business district that was later destroyed. Republican Mountain and mines are in the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Hauling firewood
- A man on a horse drags a bundle of wood; bluffs and a river are in the background.
- Cowboys--1880-1900.; Fuelwood gathering--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Horse ranching
- Men stand by wagons, tents, an encampment, and herds of horses.
- Ranching--1880-1900.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Horses--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 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
- 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]
- Mrs. J. M. Chesnut in her living room, Crested Butte, Colo.
- Mrs. Chesnut poses in her caned rocker, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. She wears a long plaid skirt, dark blouse and a corset. Two portrait photographs with unique frames show on the table next to her; one has a bent stick frame; the...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Chesnut, Mary.
- 1896
- Floyd Hill from the Colorado Central R. R. Depot
- Three men sit near the Colorado Central Railroad depot along Clear Creek, at the foot of Floyd Hill in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Piles of fallen timber and a log bridge spanning the creek are nearby.
- Floyd Hill (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Floyd Hill--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- Petrified stumps
- View of a petrified stump in Florissant (Teller County), Colorado.
- Florissant (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Petrified wood--Colorado--Florissant--1860-1880.
- [betweem 1864 and 1877]
- Street scene at Fort Lupton, Colorado
- Horse carriages and store fronts line a dirt road in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. Signs include: "Mills Furniture and Hardware," and, "John H. Crosswhite Real Estate and Loan." A railroad crossing for the Union Pacific railroad is in the distance.
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business enterprises--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Indians dancing
- A Native American man dances in the left foreground in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several additional Native Americans stand in the right midground watching the man dance. Several of the men wear feather headdresses and hold...
- Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [betwen 1885 and 1900?]
- Musicians, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows "The Original Cow-boy Band" next to the Ireland block with "Stock. Bonds. Mines. Sales" painted on the side. The Idaho Springs fire department (with bell tower) is across the street. Band members hold...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]