Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- DeMaineville Block in Leadville
- This view of the exterior of the DeMaineville Block in Leadville, Colorado shows the two story brick commercial block, built in 1882. The building features paired brackets, enriched cornice, corner double door entrance with stone quoins, molded...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1962?]
- Harrison Ave.
- This view northeast on Harrison Avenue from Third Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a two story brick Mountain Claims Office on the corner with the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Office next to it. Next, numbered on the print, are (1) the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Breckenridge residence
- An open porch with Ionic columns and a balustrade surrounds a frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, and shelters a bay window in the near end. A wreath is on the wall next to it, and a door on the other side is decorated with pine branches....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970 Feb 6
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior view of the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a full bookcase in the background with china plates, frames, and a pitcher atop it. A delicate, upright table next to it is made of machine parts and has a coverlet and...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baileys
- People gather around a steam locomotive stopped at the Bailey train depot in Bailey, Colorado. The depot building is a one story building with a gable, rectangular windows and a "Baileys" sign. The locomotive has a plow and a large light at the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Pre-Mexican Independence Day celebration
- View of performers for Mexican Independence day (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) festivities in Denver, Colorado. A man dressed in a mariachi costume plays a vihuela (small guitar), he stands next to three Mexican American women in full dresses...
- Independence Day (Mexico)--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Coach and six
- Stagecoach "No 7 US Mail" drawn by team of six horses, Teller County, Colorado; shows driver seated on Concord coach, another with long coat stands next to left rear horse; winter scene with snow patches on foreground dirt and cover on background...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Copper Rock - 1951 looking west
- View of Copper Rock, Colorado; hows crumbled and dilapidated buildings in a low clearing next to a dirt road; crumbled structure made of rocks and other dilapidated buildings constructed of wood; low, pine tree covered hills surround the area; a...
- Copper Rock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Copper Rock--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Silver Plume, on Georgetown Loop, Colo.
- A camp is along the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad. A sign, next to a tree in the foreground, reads: "C. & S. Ry Co. Danger All persons are forbidden!" Two large white tents and a storage shed are near cliff bands in the background. A...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Willow Lake above timberline and lies above Crater Lake by Maroon Bells
- View of James H. Adams dressed in trousers, suspenders, boots, and a cap sitting on a rock next to a lake outside of Aspen, Colorado; shows a retriever dog sitting next to him and facing the opposite direction; rocks around the perimeter of the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Willow Lake (Aspen, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Aspen Leaf
- The interior of a dry good store in Aspen, Colorado, is crowded with merchandise, including books, magazines, Indian rugs, skins, photographs, light fixtures, and leather goods. Animal trophies are mounted on the wall; a cash register is in the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Aspen, Colo. airport
- View of Sardy Field, Aspen, Colorado, from the top of a hill. The terminal, other buildings, and airstrips are in the valley below. Airplanes with propellers are on the tarmac next to the terminal building. Cars and trucks are parked next to the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Airports--Colorado--Aspen--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 13
- Jerome pool
- Swimmers relax in lounge chairs next to the swimming pool at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado. The swimmers wear swimming trunks and bathing suits; a woman in a plaid skirt and long-sleeved sweater walks next to the pool. The...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Hotel Jerome (Aspen, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Jim Town Cliffs, Creed, Colo.
- Jimtown (Lower Creede) is built in a narrow, steep, rocky canyon next to the town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad stretch through the town, next to mills, and wood-frame buildings with...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- September, 1896
- Beer depot thru which the Zang Brewing Co. of Denver distributed their beer
- A wagon drawn by a team of horses is parked next to a brewery in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The driver sits in the cart and a man stands next to the wagon. The building is a two-story, wood- frame structure with gables,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Mr. O'Breen looking back form front of car
- A group of men and women pose inside and next to the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car with the horse on the back platform, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The men wear suits, derby...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Byers
- The one-story "American Legion" building in Byers, Colorado, (Arapahoe County) is next to a one-story, wood-frame building with three boarded windows. The building has a false front, rectangular windows, glass bricks, and a transom over the entry...
- Byers (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Byers--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Burlington, Colo.
- A convertible car with two men in it is parked outside the Winegar Block (built 1907) in Burlington, Colorado, in Kit Carson County. Two women stand next to a fire hydrant near the car. A man stands next to the two-story, commercial, building with...
- Burlington (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Burlington--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Burlington--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Burlington --1910-1920.; Fire hydrants--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- The Swimming Pool, Glenwood Springs, 1266
- Water gushes out of the fountain in the middle of the Natatorium in the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are next to the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [March 24, 1896]
- Natatorium, Glenwood Springs
- Water squirts out of the fountain of the Natatorium at the hot springs spa and pool in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County; a swimmer stands on top of the fountain next to the head. Other...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- [about 1900]
- Turquoise mines above Bonanza
- A group of people walk next to a log cabin with a large boiler next to it. They are in a clearing near Bonanza, Colorado, and the Turquoise mine is nearby.
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Stock killing grizzly
- A man holds a rifle and stands next to a grizzly pelt that hangs from a wall in a residence in Arizona. A dog stands in front of the pelt; the grizzly skull sits on a box next to the dog.
- Grizzly bear--Control--Arizona--1920-1930.; Dogs--Arizona--1920-1930.; Grizzly bears--Arizona--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Arizona--1920-1930.; Hunting--Arizona--1920-1930.; Interiors--Arizona--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1929?]
- House at 26th and Sheridan, this would actually be outside of Edgewater boundaries and would be part of Denver
- The intersection between 26th Street and Sheridan, two dirt roads, in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, has a house on the corner and another next to it. The brick corner house is two-storied, and has decorative bargeboards on the overlaping...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Edgewater--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Lake Shore drive-in theatre (in Edgewater) W. 17th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd., view looking S.W. from in Sloan Lake Park
- The back of a huge movie screen and the entrance to the Lake Shore Drive-in are next to an intersection in Edgewater, Colorado. The movie sign by the entrance has "Lake Shore" in script, and the following in changable letters "Gremlins," "PG," and...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Edgewater--1980-1990.
- Jul 2, 1984
- Lake Shore drive-in theatre (in Edgewater) W. 17th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd., view looking W. from in Sloan Lake Park
- The back of a huge movie screen and the entrance to the Lake Shore drive-in are next to an intersection in Edgewater, Colorado. The movie sign by the entrance has "Lake Shore" in script, and the following in changable letters: "Gremlins," "PG," and...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Edgewater--1980-1990.
- Jul 2, 1984
- Sioux Commission - Gen. Crook, Gov. Foster, Sen. Warner, all sitting, full length
- Full length portrait of the Sioux Commission of 1889, all seated, wooden railing of front porch in background; left to right: General George Crook holding carved walking stick or cane, Charles Foster of Ohio holding walking stick or cane, and...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890.; Foster, Charles, 1828-1904.; Warner, William, 1840-1916.; United States. Sioux Commission (1889)
- 1889
- White Face and family, Dakota, seated, in Indian clothing, full length
- White Face and family, Dakota, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; White Face wears feather headdress, earrings, breastplate, metal bands around wrists, beaded sash laying on lap, blanket wrapped around waist, and moccasins;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; White Face--Family.
- [188-?]
- Montrose, Colo. flour mill from the beet dump in Montrose
- New Montrose Flour Milling Company buildings are next to the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in Montrose, Colorado. Three rail cars are next to the mill, other cars loaded with coal are on a separate track. Automobiles are parked in front of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1914 and 1930]
- Montrose flour mill, Montrose, Colo.
- New looking Montrose Flour Milling Company buildings stand next to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks in Montrose, Colorado. Three rail cars are next to the mill, and two cars loaded with coal are on a separate track. Automobiles are parked...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1914 and 1930]
- Central City, Colo. Banks. 1st National
- A group of men stands in front of the First National Bank of Central City at the corner of Eureka and Main streets. Harry H. Lake worked at this bank for 47 years from 1860 until 1927. The building next to the bank complex is the Teller House,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A piece of wood lies next to a round stone on the dirt ground of Pithouse A of Step House, one of Mesa Verde National Park's cliff dwellings. A small hole is next to the rock. Additional pieces of wood protrude from the ground and the dirt wall...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Webster station, Platte Canon
- View of the Webster railroad station in Webster (Park County), Colorado. Shows a Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad train next to a box car. Cargo and people are on the platform next to the wooden station. Tents and stacks of lumber are in...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Park County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Park County--1870-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1889?]
- Las Vegas' Hot Springs, New Mexico
- View of horseback riders next to the Montezuma Hotel, northwest of Las Vegas in Montezuma (San Miguel County), New Mexico (rebuilt after 1884 fire by Santa Fe Railway, closed in 1903); three women and three men are on horses; next to them, one man...
- Montezuma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Montezuma--1880-1900.; Hotels--New Mexico--Montezuma--1880-1900.; Resorts--New Mexico--Montezuma--1880-1900.; Montezuma Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Vapor Cave, Glenwood
- View of the brick bathhouse at the Vapor Cave in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, taken from the road next to the Grand River (later the Colorado River), looking west toward Glenwood Canyon; a woman stands in the road and a man stands at railing next...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Spruce Lodge
- Two small log cabins stand next to the Spruce Lodge on the west slope of Berthoud Pass on the border of Grand and Clear Creek Counties in Colorado. The lodge has a sign on the front that says: "Hotel Evans Spruce Lodge." A carriage is stopped next...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Passes...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Automobiles
- A car is stopped on a dirt road in Eagle County, Colorado, next to a sign with an arrow reading: "Holy Cross Mountain in Distance, Elevation 13,978 Feet." A woman stands next to car with the door open. Another car is traveling up the road in the...
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Eagle County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Cardenas Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Railroad tracks cut through the foreground in front of the Cardenas Hotel in Trinidad, Colorado. Three unidentified men wearing suits walk along the brick walkway next to the tracks. Additional men sit on a wood rail under an arch next to the hotel...
- Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Telecommunication lines--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Mount Evans
- An unidentified man and woman stand in front of a stone building next to a small lake near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Two more women sit next to the building in the midground. The man wears a straw hat and a suit. The women all...
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Rocks--Colorado--Mount Evans--1910-1930.; Stone...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Blackhawk, Colorado 1860-1869
- and built in 1863. The Blackhawk schoolhouse was built in the lot next to the church in 1870. Mine shafthouses line the hill in the background and above the church.; The Commission House, a wholesale and retail grocery store, stands adjacent to a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bakeries--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Blackhawk, Colorado, 1880-1899 (prints)
- The large Gregory-Buell Mill complex is in the foreground in this view of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Several businesses face Gregory Street in the left foreground, including "The Colorado Shoe" and the Black Hawk Bakery, which has an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bakeries--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Presbyterian...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Central City, Colorado
- Lawrence Street are the Raynolds beehive, the Granite House hotel and the Knights of Pythias building. The next section of the block includes a hardware store and the Central City Register-Call building. The American House and Turner Hall are in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [between 1878 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- horse and buggy and a wagon are stopped on Eureka Street in front of the Eclipse Livery and Stables across from the new school building.; The Clark Elementary School is under construction on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. St.Paul's...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]
- Deer Creek tank at Arch Rock
- Creek. Trees stand on the rocky hillside in the background. Camera equipment, including a case labeled "Glass," sits in the foreground next to the railroad track.; Stereographic view of a large water tank standing in the right midground next to a...
- Crossons (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Crossons--1870-1900.; Water...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Soda Springs, Manitou
- Stereographic view of a woman sitting sidesaddle on a horse next to the Navajo Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado. A crowd of people is gathered around the log pagoda of the Manitou Soda Spring in the center midground. (The pagoda was moved from...
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Pagodas--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Women--Colorado--Manitou...
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Scoonay and family
- Scoonay, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with his family in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears his hair in long braids that rest on his shoulders. Strips of ermine fur hang next to...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Families--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Scoonay--Family.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine, Lucy
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine and Lucy, four Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand in front of a teepee on the reservation. Alex stands at the far left holding a striped blanket in his right hand and a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Manitou Springs in the 1980's
- and awnings on the next windows west are striped and dome shaped. A sign between them reads: Manitou Springs Natural Foods. The next building west has a box shaped canopy with light bulbs along the perimeter, and people are milling beneath it. The...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.
- [Between 1980 and 1985?]