Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boulder canon near the falls
- An old man poses on a rock out cropping above South Boulder Canyon and South Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; South Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Aged persons--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1872 and 1889?]]
- A view in Alpine Pass
- View of rock formation and mountain valley at a pass identified as Alpine Pass, Chaffee or Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- View in Monarch Pass
- View of Monarch Pass with fallen trees, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Garden of the Gods
- View of upright red rock formations at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock Formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cataract Lake. Blue River Mts
- View of probably Cataract Lake with striated rock formations, Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- Cataract Lake (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Animas Forks
- A man sits on a slope by a fork of the Animas River near the town of Animas Forks (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, out houses, mills and commercial structures. A sign reads "Tip Top Restaurant." The snow covered Red Mountains are...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Animas Forks--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Cascade Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado with several large homes. A stage coach stands outside a cut stone structure and horse-drawn buggies are shown near the houses. Utility poles line both sides of the street and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track with two passenger trains somewhere along the line in Colorado; "Short Line" standard gauge track, foreground; photograph attributed to McClure.
- Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Stage for Cripple Creek at Florisant [sic]
- A stage coach with four horses is outside a hotel in Florissant (Teller County), Colorado. Two people sit on a bench and a young boy sits on the porch with his mule tied next to him. A woman leans out the second story window near a sign that...
- Florissant (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Florissant--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Florissant--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Grout tunnel, Enterprise mine Rico
- View of miners, mine building and ore car at the Enterprise mine, Rico, Dolores County, Colorado. Shows mine railroad tracks and the entrance to the mine.
- Enterprise Mine (Dolores County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rico (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rico--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Rico--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Rico--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Sheridan Junction
- View of Sheridan Junction, probably San Juan County, Colorado. Shows Sheridan Junction Hotel, Denver & Rio Grande railroad passenger car and locomotive, and passengers.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- View towards Central from Blackhawk
- View of Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado; Central City is in the distance. Shows residences, mine buildings and Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Lizard Head
- View of rock formation Lizard Head on Lizard Head Pass, Colorado; copy of an original attributed to McClure.
- Lizard Head Pass (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Lizard Head Pass--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Belvedere, troops before a battle
- A company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a...
- Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Pull up and ride down
- Two barefoot young boys in shorts stand near the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe, County, Colorado. Two men lean out window and the horse is on the back platform. ...
- Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- 1916
- Empire, Colo Summer 1861
- Men sit on the stoop of a false front building watching a group of volunteer soldiers perform drills in Empire, Colorado. Commercial buildings, covered wagons, and tree covered mountains are in the background.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Soldiers--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.
- [1862?]
- 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]
- Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- A leafless tree frames a view of Castel D'Aiano, Italy, scene of a major Tenth Mountain Division battle. The village lies in hilly country with larger mountains in the distance.
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April, 1945
- Doughnut girl at work
- Red Cross doughnut girl, Deborah Bankart, poses standing by an automatic doughnut making machine with one full and one partially-filled tray of doughnuts before her, which she handles with two sticks. She wears a sweater vest over a shirt and a...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Medical team treats Italian woman
- A Tenth Mountain Division medical team of five bandages the knee and hand of a woman wearing a checked jacket, wool skirt, wool socks and hiking boots. They work in an improvised operating room; instruments are laid out on a packing crate, and the...
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Field artillery observation crew
- Group portrait of eleven members of the field artillery observation crew attached to the Tenth Mountain Division in front of a plane at an airfield in Italy.
- Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Memorial Day, 1945
- The 87th Regiment's 1st Battalion stands silent in the spring rain in a square in Plezzo, Italy, to honor its dead on Memorial Day.
- Plezzo (Italy)--1940-1950.; Holidays--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 30, 1945
- Staff conference at north end of Lake Garda, Italy
- German resistance against the Tenth Mountain Division was strongest at the tunnels and cliffs along the north end of Lake Garda. German troops held out for several days against the 86th Regiment. The staff conference pictured is figuring out a...
- Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Tunnel 29, Moffat Road
- View of Denver and Salt Lake Railroad passenger train steaming out of Tunnel Number 29 (Twenty-nine) on standard gauge track; smoke in background billows out of distant tunnels; Moffat Road, Colorado.
- Railroad passenger cars--1900-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Off to the showers - Hot Stuff! General Sage Kester, Doc Lamb
- Wayne "Sage" Kester and "Doc" (Dr. Howard E.) Lamb, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose in their underpants near a tent in Colorado. Lamb pulls out the waistband of General Kester's underpants which have a picture of a woman dressed...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Joking--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Underwear--Colorado--1950-1960.; Kester, Wayne O.; Lamb, Howard E., osteopathic surgeon.
- 1954 July
- Telluride
- View north across San Miguel River and Rio Grande Southern Railroad Yards to Telluride, Colorado; shows cliffs and San Juans in background, station yard with two long passing narrow gauge tracks, two thirty-car spurs with box cars, caboose and...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1905]
- William F. Cody with Chief Joseph
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1898?]
- Montrose, Colo. drilling for artesian water
- A group of Montrose, Colorado, citizens pose in front of drilling equipment that drills an artesian well in Montrose County. The drill is composed of cables and steel bars. Electrical cables are attached to a steam-powered tractor; a puff of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artesian wells--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- William Cody with group in front of headquarters tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in a tent in the center background with young Johnny Baker standing near him. A man sits under Cody's tent. A banner with a buffalo head painted on it flies above the tent. The tent is probably the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1884?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid" and also the foster son of Cody, stand in the right foreground looking in a peephole into the show's arena. A group of Russian...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. An unidentified person stands...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. A person stands looking through...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and thigh boots. He also wears a hat, possibly a Stetson. A person stands looking through...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody at peephole
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody peeks through a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots, a buckskin coat with tassles, and a hat, possibly a Stetson. Another person, probably Johnny Baker, Cody's...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry 1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Stagecoach
- Two cowboys sit on the buckboard of the Deadwood Stagecoach used in performances of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of mules. A covered wagon is stopped in the left background. Several tents are set up in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody in his tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands looking out from an open side of his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He holds his right hand on the support pole of the tent and wears a wide- brimmed hat, probably a Stetson, and a...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody near peep hole of arena tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands wiping his left eye with a white handerkerchief near a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and beadwork sewn onto it in the pattern of...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cody in his tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in his tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sprinkling salt or pepper on his food. He is wearing a striped shirt and vest and no hat. His food is spread out on a trunk covered by a small...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Colorado State Penitentiary prison guards
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone wall. The men wear dark uniforms with caps. Two of the men are African American (Black), they are identified (right to left) as Haley and Pate. A...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Fountain, Colo., 1895
- A man, a woman, and three children pose on the board sidewalk in front of a business in Fountain, Colorado. A boy in a white collar rides a tricycle with a tall front wheel, and a small wheelbarrow is by the man. The clapboard building has a false...
- Fountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Fountain--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Crippe Creek Short Line) standard gauge track in foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows passenger train on top elevation of track, tunnels eight...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- 9th Street
- Flood water and debris in Boulder, Colorado, have moved a two- story frame and brick building off of its foundation. Trees, power, and light poles withstand the torrent, as does a sign reading: "Look out for the cars." On the far bank, a two-story...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- Decker Branch librarian
- Photograph of a Decker Branch librarian sitting in front of a sign inside of the Decker Branch library located in Denver, Colorado. She holds cut out of an unidentifiable creature holding a "Ask Upstairs" sign. Behind her there is a larger cut...
- Denver Public Library. Decker Branch.
- circa 1970
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church program
- Bulletin produced by Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the bulletin is a program of that Sunday's worship services, as well as announcements of activities and news for the congregation for the up coming week.
- Dunklee, George F, 1858---Archives.; Dunkley family--Archives.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- West High School motion picture project job application
- Photograph of students at Denver's West High School's standing at an employment office service window filling out job application forms. These students were part of a motion picture project for the school entitled "How to Find a Job".
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939