Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Industries - construction - scene at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working, and the wooden bridge over the South Platte River.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, rails, men working, a wooden tower, and a brick building.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - men at Alameda subway site
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation and men working.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - men at Alameda subway site
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation and men working.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - view near Alameda Avenue
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation and men working with wood shoring.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - Alameda subway with pile driver
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows a crane, excavations, and a building with letters: "The Call Automatic Switch Company."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Brown Retort
- Men examine a Brown retort under construction at an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; part of the retort is in a shed.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1922?]
- Industries - construction - scene at Alameda subway site
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows frame shoring and the Charles S. Lillybridge home/studio.
- Lillybridge, Charles S., 1849-1935--Homes & haunts.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- When the clouds are low in the valley above Telluride, Colo.
- View of Bridal Veil Falls and the geological formation known as the Amphitheater shrouded by thick clouds in San Miguel County, Colorado. The town of Pandora and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1920.; Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1920.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities &...
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Industries - construction - Alameda subway site
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows scaffolding and the concrete mixing plant.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Scaffolding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Al Zerbe's Hotel (Zerbe's ranch)
- View of Al Zerbe's hotel (or Rifle Falls Ranch) near Rifle Gap (Garfield County), Colorado; shows a frame house with covered porch in a meadow by low hills.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area
- Men with a surveyor's tripod pose in a meadow near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a path or trail leads to Gambel Oak trees (Buckbrush).
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Meadows--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Rifle area, group with flags
- Children, women, men, and teenage boys and girls salute United States flags in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; they hold a trumpet, drum, and hats over their hearts. Electric utility poles are in the distance.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Flag salutes--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Flags--American--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1915?]
- Rifle - De Beque Oil & Gas Co.
- View of the De Beque Oil and Gas Company in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; equipment includes derricks, sheds, pipe sections, and furnaces.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1916, March 18
- Industries - construction - Alameda subway scene
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation and men working with a collapsed wooden structure.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900 or 1910]
- Rifle area
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men pose by East Rifle Creek; a flume on a trestle is in the distance.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle Odd Fellow's Hall
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men and teenage boys' outfits include bib overalls, suits, and military uniforms; a United States flag is to the side.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle cemetery Boies graves
- Flowers, a vase and tombstones in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery surround a grave marker inscribed with drapery, a crown, cross, and: "Love, Truth, Life," and "Samuel Boies 1837-1904." Hills are in the background.
- Boies, Samuel, 1837-1904--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Violet Fay
- A child's grave in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery is covered with flowers including roses. Tombstone sculpture depicts a lamb; inscription reads: "Violet Fay - Dau. of F. & F.E. Gorham, Dec. 16, 1895 - Aug. 6, 1900."
- Gorham, Violet Fay, 1895-1900--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Industries - construction - overview at Alameda
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, the railroad bridge, horses, men, houses, and a building with sign: "The Call Automatic Switch Company."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Benjamin Scudder grave
- Flowers cover a grave in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery; tombstone sculpture depicts drapery, doves, and gates; inscription reads: "Love, Life, Truth," "Benjamin F. Scudder 1838-1898," and includes poetry.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Scudder, Benjamin, 1838-1898--Tomb.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Odd Fellow's Hall
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men and teenage boys' outfits include bib overalls, suits, and military uniforms; a United States flag is to the side.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose in outfits including brocade fabric, suits, flowers, puff sleeved blouses, and paper Valentine hearts. Decor includes lace curtains and a framed portrait.
- Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Couples--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Social group
- Men and women pose in outfits including lace and carnations. Some hold playing cards.
- People--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle are students
- Girls, boys, and teenagers pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, and print fabric dresses with yokes and ruffles. The teacher (a woman) wears pince-nez eyeglasses and a blouse with ruching.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - crops - fencing
- View of fruit trees in bloom in Denver, Colorado; shows barbed wire fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbed wire--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Children with teachers, evening party?
- Girls and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, and print fabric dresses with yokes, ruffles, and embroidery. The teacher (a woman) wears pince-nez eyeglasses and a blouse with ruching and beads.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area students
- Teenagers, girls, and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, beaded or print fabrics, wool jackets with puff sleeves, eyeglasses, and large buttons. The teacher (a man) wears pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area school group
- Teenagers, girls, and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, beaded or print fabrics, wool jackets with puff sleeves, eyeglasses, and large buttons. The teacher (a man) wears pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area picnic
- Women, men, boys, and girls pose near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; outfits include dresses with ruffles. Straw hats and printed fabric bonnets hang on a fence; food includes fruit, cake, bread, and a pie.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle school classroom interior
- Interior view of a Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado classroom; boys and girls pose with books. A piece of buffalo hide is on a desk.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Theatrical group
- Women and men pose on a stage in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; outfits include flowers, lace, ribbons, hats, and dresses with brocade, embroidered, or print fabric. One woman holds a paper heart that reads: "Matrimony;" a dog is in front. Some...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Theatrical group
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle flour mill
- Young men pose at a storefront in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; lettering, advertisements, boxes and flour bags read: "Rifle Flour Mills," "Member of Federated Cereal Mills of America," "Flavo Rifle Flour," and "Vitacreme Breakfast Wheat."
- Rifle Flour Mills (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Falls
- View of Rifle Falls in Garfield County, Colorado. East Rifle Creek cascades over limestone cliffs; vegetation includes cattails.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The harvest
- View of a wheat field in (probably) western Colorado; shows a threshing machine, elevator, and horse drawn wagon. Haystacks and hills are in the background.
- Threshing machines--Colorado--1900-1910.; Threshing--Colorado--1900-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Industries - construction - grading crew
- View of men, horses, and grading equipment on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Rifle area
- View of probably East Rifle Creek in Garfield County, Colorado; a horse drawn buggy is by Gambel Oak and rock cliffs.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Raised by Haley Bros. Rifle, Colo.
- Hereford cattle wait in a corral at Denver Union Stockyards in Denver, Colorado; men pose on horses in the background.
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Corrals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area
- View of hayfields, hay stacks, and the Grand Hogback near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Grand Hogback (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Falls Ranch composite A. L. Zerbe, prop.
- Photomontage of scenes in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado area; shows the Rifle Falls, the waterfalls in ice, hunters with deer carcasses, Rifle Gap cliffs, a log bridge, a lynx, people, and the Zerbe Ranch Hotel. Labels read: "Open June 1....
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Potato or onions harvest
- Men pose with burlap bags of probably potatoes, in (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Harvesting--1900-1910.; Potatoes--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fruit trees
- A man poses by apple trees in (probably) western Colorado.
- Apple trees--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Industries - construction - view of Clamshell on Lipan Street
- View of water pipe construction trenches with frame shoring, men with mallets, and a clamshovel crane on Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. Alameda Avenue businesses have signs: "Hargreaves," and "Lunchroom Valverde Social & Athletic Club."
- Ditches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Hay
- View of hayfields and hay stacks (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Haystacks--1900-1910.; Valleys--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose in a house in (probably) Colorado; outfits include silk and lace.
- People--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Family group
- Studio portrait of a family. The man wears a suit, the woman wears a long dark dress, one of the boys wears knee pants and a matching shirt with a lace trimmed collar and a scarf.
- Families--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Oscar Coulter family
- Studio portrait of a the Coulter family, man, woman, teenage boys and girls are identified as (top row, left to right): Harold, Otto, Ray, and Guy; middle row (left to right): Oscar, Teddy, and Carolyn (Mrs. Oscar Coulter); and (bottom row, left to...
- Families--Colorado--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Large group
- People pose in (probably) western Colorado; shows men, women, children, boys, girls, babies, and teenagers, some wear feather, felt, turban, or duster hats.
- People--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Large group
- People pose in (probably) western Colorado; shows men, women, children, boys, girls, babies, and teenagers, some wear feather, felt, turban, or duster hats.
- People--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]