Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Marshalltown C. & N.W. Ry. station
- View of the brick and stone Chicago & North Western Railway Company station building and covered platform at Marshalltown (Marshall County), Iowa. Men wear overalls or suits and pose on and beside an engine that reads "C. & N.W. R." and "381." An...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Afro-Americans--Men--Iowa--Marshalltown--1890-1900.; Marshalltown (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Flowers--Iowa--Marshalltown--1890-1900.; Lawns--Iowa--Marshalltown--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [1898?]
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, C. & N.W. Ry. Ticket Office
- View of the entrance to the ticket office of Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The four-story brick building is on a corner and has a turret with metal Sullivanesque...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, C. & N.W. Ry. tic[ket office]
- Close-up view of a corner entrance to the ticket office for Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The brick building has a turret with metal Sullivanesque geometric...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Post office early days of Cripple Creek
- View of N.W. Savage Jr. second-hand store or post office, Cripple Creek (Fremont prior to incorporation in 1893), Colorado. Signs read: "N.W. Savage Jr. Second Hand Store, Branch of Pueblo;"
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; N.W. Salvage Jr. Second Hand Store.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- A large, adobe ring lies on the ground in front of Pithouse C at Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. A small brush and trowel lie near the ring. A pile of sandstone forms a wall on the far side of the pithouse in the...
- 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?]
- Temple Buell lived there in 1923 - 906 Grant
- View of a residence at 906 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado; features a tile roof, arched windows, a round bay, terrace, and portico.
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Chicago Northwestern Engine 133
- Men, who include Bob Barr, the engineer, pose on and near Chicago & North Western locomotive number 133 and its tender in Clinton (Clinton County), Iowa. Letters on the Locomotive cab read: "C. &. N. W. R." A horse-drawn carriage, buildings and...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1898-1904.; Clinton (Iowa)--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Iowa--Clinton--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Iowa--Clinton--1890-1910.; Barr, Bob, Chicago and North Western engineer.
- [between 1898 and 1904?]
- C. & N.W. Railway station from the park, Cedar Rapids, Ia
- View of a water fountain in a park in front of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company station in Cedar Rapids (Linn County), Iowa. Shows a brick and stone building with half-timbered dormer windows, a center clock tower with corner turrets, a...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Cedar Rapids (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.; Parks--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Pierce & Hinman's Add to Broadway thru Ridgeland: Potter Highlands block 17
- Nate Salsbury with group
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands third from the left among a large group of men. Salsbury wears a silk top hat and a suit. He holds a cigar in his left hand. Standing fourth from left is John Higby, a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- S University Place thru The Town of Highlands: St. Vincent's Addition block 35
- Trinidad
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows bridges over the Purgatoire River, possibly the Columbian School, a stone church and downtown commercial buildings. Frame...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Chs .S. Stobie, scout and "Mountain Charlie" - guide Colorado
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full gray beard and curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1900-1910.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific R. R. engine #300
- Conductors and crew members pose on railroad tracks in front of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (D. N. W. & P.) engine #300 in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing shows details of the Trinity Methodist Church at 18th (Eighteenth) and Broadway in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Denver River Front Park
- View of shacks, wooden fences, and the Walker Castle; a stone building with battlements and a round tower, in Denver Riverfront Park between 16th (Sixteenth) and 19th (Nineteenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado.
- Walker Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Riverfront Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Interior of Detroit Photographic Co's car
- Interior view of the Detroit Photographic Company railroad car, probably in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. Men wear suits and sit behind a table covered by a woven rug. Photographic prints are on a table and hang on interior walls. The car has...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Detroit Photographic Co.--Facilities--1890-1900.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Interiors--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- Tenderfoot. 534. Salida, Colo.
- Tenderfoot Hill is the backdrop for the Monte Cristo Hotel in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The hotel has a faceted tower and mansard roof; the Denver and Rio Grande depot has a gable roof with flared eaves. An engine, coal and freight car have...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenderfoot Hill (Colo)--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cor. Tejon & Cucharras Sts., Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Alamo Hotel, corner of Tejon and Cucharras Streets, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a man in a carriage, and the three-story hotel with a corner square tower, and a flagpole. The false front Wescott Hardware store is...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Santa Clara
- Church at Native American (Tewa) Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, northwest view. Shows adobe mission with a scalloped facade and center belfry; gravemarkers in courtyard. Native American (Santa Clara Pueblo) man stands by the church entrance. He...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic...
- 1911?
- Oregon Trail monument
- View of the Oregon Trail monument on Center Street in Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming; also shows parked cars and a brick depot of the (probably) Colorado and Northwestern Railroad.
- Casper (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Oregon Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Monuments & markers--Wyoming--Casper--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Wyoming--Casper--1920-1930.; Streets--Wyoming--Casper--1920-1930.; Trails &...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Chief Big Foot killed in the battle at Wounded Knee with his full band by the 7th Cav
- View of the twisted frozen slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge...
- [1891 January 3]
- Notice of location of a quartz claim
- Reproduction shows a hand-written mining claim for the Bunker Hill Lode, on Milo Creek, in the Yreka Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, signed by Philip O'Rourke and Whitney [?] N. S. Kellogg.
- Mining claims--Idaho Territory--Shoshone County--1880-1890.; Idaho Territory--1880-1890.; Shoshone County (Idaho Territory)--1880-1890.; Mining--Idaho Territory--Shoshone County--1880-1890.
- September, 1885
- Administration building
- A view of the administration building of the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located on 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story brick industrial style building with a lower level and two stair cases that...
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewerage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Kiowa Indians
- Head and shoulders portrait of Apiatan, a Native American Kiowa. He wears a hair pipe breastplate, a fringed shirt, and his hair is bound by strips of fur.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Kiowa Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Apiatan.
- [between 1890 and 1891?]
- Jack party
- View of Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Taos St. west, in Georgetown, Colorado. A group of 21 men, women, and children on burros and horses are lined up across the street and pose for the camera. The women wear various large,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Nederland, Colorado
- A gravestone at the cemetery in Nederland, Colorado, features a curvilinear arch, a raised image of a person lying down, and an inscription that reads: "Roy. Only Son of N. W. & V. J. Brown Died June 12, 1879 Aged 3 Ys. 6 ms. 3 ds."
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nederland--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Silver Queen [i.e. Elephant Eagle Mine] gold strike in Calif desert.
- Jess Knight, owner of the Elephant Eagle Mine, Chris Anderson, and N. W. pose near a sluice near Mojave, California. Jess Knight holds a pan with gold amalgam in it.
- Elephant Eagle Mine (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Mojave (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Miners--California--Mojave--1930-1940.; Mining--California--Mojave--1930-1940.;...
- 1934 December 7
- Arrow, Colorado fiftieth anniversary
- Reverend Edward T. Bollinger reads from a diary to a group of young men from his parish who stand on a snowy hill. The group erected a sign marker on a pole at site of where Aspen Street once was in Arrow, Grand County, Colorado. Marker reads:...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bollinger, Edward T.
- [1954]
- Guadalope [sic] Plaza, Antonito, Colo.
- View of Old Flaya's Fort (Governor Head's Fort, Guadalupe Plaza), Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows the remains of one of the first settlements in the San Luis Valley; man with a beard leans on a fence post; long adobe one-story structure...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Antonito--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Antonito--1900-1910.
- 1910 August 21
- Asbury Methodist Church, Denver
- View of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church at 30th Avenue and Vallejo Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features ashlar stone, a square tower, and arched windows.
- Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Overall view of Lincoln Park homes complex from corner of West 13th Ave.
- View of the Denver Housing Authority Lincoln Park Homes on West Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a person on the sidewalk, partially boarded up apartments, and a traffic light.
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Traffic signs & signals--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Urban...
- 1993 November
- Overall view of Lincoln Park homes complex from West 13th Ave.
- View of the Denver Housing Authority Lincoln Park Homes on West Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows partially boarded up apartments.
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 November
- South side of Lincoln Park homes complex
- View of the boarded up Denver Housing Authority Lincoln Park Homes and a chain link fence on West Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. A sign reads, "DHA, People Not Projects, A Denver Housing Authority Demolition/Replacement...
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 November
- Housing project, Lincoln Park Homes
- View of a Lincoln Park Homes public housing building at West Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick and cinder block residential building with the windows boarded over. Another...
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Urban...
- 1993 November
- At Adamville [sic] near Sunset
- A view of a leased Denver South Park & Pacific locomotive (engine #160) with Colorado Central railroad cars on the Greeley, Salt Lake & Pacific line near Adamsville (Boulder County), Colorado. The bridge is supported by wooden trusses and possibly,...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway Company--1890-1900.; Adamsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1891?]
- Long Lake
- View of Long Lake and pine forest in Boulder County, Colorado; snow dots mountain peaks and strato cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Long Lake 1955
- An unidentified woman sits on a large boulder near Long Lake west of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. Additional smaller boulders are also in the foreground. Tall pine trees stand along the shore of the lake in the background. A ridge of...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ward (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boulders--Colorado--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ward--1950-1960.; Pines--Colorado--1950-1960.
- [1955?]
- Long Lake 1955
- View of Long Lake and pine forest west of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. Cumulus clouds top snow capped peaks.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ward (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ward--1950-1960.; Pines--Colorado--Ward--1950-1960.; Shrubs--Colorado--Ward--1950-1960.
- [1955?]
- Timberline near Alice
- The bare branches of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, form an irregular shape on a ridge near the town of Alice in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A large pine tree is in the background. Several tree stumps and rocks are also on the ridge.
- Limber pine--Colorado--Alice--1940-1950.; Alice (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tree limbs--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Central City, Colo.
- An early view of Central City, Colorado, probably taken in the early 1870s. In the foreground is a rocky hillside with a view that looks down the hill toward the town; shows many wood-framed buildings, most of which did not survive the fire of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Tomichi Ave., Gunnison Main St.
- Tomichi Avenue west from Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado, shows commercial buildings along street full of rock rubble from the water works project. The Methodist Church shows on distant Boulevard. Business signs include: "C. Conrad and Co.,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1881
- 16th and Downing Street, Denver
- View of a Queen Anne style house on the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Downing Streets, in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include bargeboard, shingle imbrication, stone trim, a curved bay, and an arched window.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver Colo.)--1980-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.
- [between 1980 and 2000?]
- Colfax Avenue and Washington Street, Denver
- View of an office building at East Colfax Avenue and Washington Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The International Style structure has brick and stucco cladding, glass and metal curtain walls, and an inset corner patio....
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Clinics--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 May
- Buildings left in Bachelor on back residential street looking n.w.
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable with torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Bachelor, looking n.w.
- The buildings of the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, decay on a hillside. Old boards lie on the grass in the foreground. Dilapidated buildings are nestled against groups of trees in the background on the grassy slope, and a forest covers the...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Old Locomotive (Moffat Road, D.N.W & P #200)
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Number 200 at Utah Junction, Adams County, Colorado, shortly after delivery in 1908 (Moffat Road type 0-6-6-0, later pilot trucks were added making them 2-6-6-0s, Schenectady number 45604); the first of...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Colo. & N.W. Ry. from above Sunset
- View of Sunset, Colorado, in valley; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track to Ward on slopes to right; L.R. Ford identified as man sitting on rocky ledge in right foreground
- Sunset (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ford, L. R.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- James Peak from near Glacier Lake on the Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- View across forested canyon with Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track cut through ridge at right; James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet) in far distant background.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- James Peak, Colo. and N.W. Ry.
- View across forested slopes to James Peak, Colorado, in distant background (elevation 13,294 feet); taken from Colorado and Northwestern Railway.
- James Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Forests--Colorado -- 1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]