Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Palisade
- View of the town of Palisade (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows orchards and houses. The Colorado River river meanders past the town in the distance.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1930.; Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1930.; Orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 to 1930?]
- Pagosa Springs
- View of the town of Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Shows log cabin homes, barns, commercial buildings, and a church. The San Juan River flows past the town.
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Red Cliff
- Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks extend past small wood frame houses in the town of Red Cliff (Redcliff) in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows houses, outbuildings, and privies. Hills are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rifle, Colorado
- Aerial view of the town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows agricultural fields and ditches. The Colorado River meanders past the town and the Grand Hogback is in the distance.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1970.; Grand Hogback (Colo.) 1890-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Rifle--1940-1970.; Rivers--Colorado--Rifle--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Platoro mining district, 4th July celebration
- Panoramic view of a Fourth of July parade in the town of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado. Participants ride on horses, and in cars on a dirt road past log buildings. One man sits on a horse and carries an American flag. A sign attached to the...
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Platoro--1900-1920.
- 1913
- Clear Creek Canon near Fall River
- Clear Creek flows past railroad tracks in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A man is on the back platform of a train car. People and a gabled, wood frame building are across from the tracks and river.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby girl who sits in a chair draped with a tapestry. She wears a light colored gown that extends past her legs. The gown is sleeveless and has a patterned hem.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who sits in a chair. The baby wears a light colored gown that extends past its legs. The gown has a decorated hem. An ornate backdrop is behind the chair. A patterned blanket or tapestry is slung over the chair.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Portraits of a girl
- Studio portraits of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with embroidery, a patterned yoke, and collar. The girl has long hair that extends past her shoulders. She holds long stem flowers and leans on a blanket.
- Flowers--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with puff sleeves, earrings and a necklace. She leans on a chair with a lace covering and crosses her arms. Her hair extends past her shoulders and she has bangs.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family, they pose in front of a painted backdrop. The man sits in a chair and wears a suit, vest, a shirt and a striped necktie, and boots. The baby sits on the man's knee in a long white dress that extends past his legs. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf railroad train, Georgetown, Colo.
- Boys stand near the tracks as a Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railroad train travels past Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The consist includes a baggage car, passenger cars and an observation car,...
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Elysian Park, Fremont Gate
- View of the Fremont gate entrance to Elysian Park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows a road and a steep path entering the park from a roadway adjacent to railroad tracks. An iron lamp post topped with an eagle is at...
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boats.; Bridges.; Gardens.; Parks.; Trails & paths.
- [1905?]
- Buildings - photo studio of Lillybridge
- View of the home and photography studio of Charles S. Lillybridge, in Denver, Colorado; shows the Archer Canal and a frame house with porch and sign: "Scenic Photographer." Industrial buildings show past trees.
- Lillybridge, Charles S., 1849-1935--Homes & haunts--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- D&R.G R.R.
- A view of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company brick building with three smoke stacks, possibly the railroad shops in Denver, Colorado. The windows are arched and there is a star carved in stone above the door. Railroad car parts are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- South Park Line office
- A woman walks past the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Company ticket office located on 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Men and women stand and walk on the sidewalk. Signs read "The South Park Line" and "Union...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific RR freight train
- Shows a Denver Northwestern and Pacific Railroad freight train as is moves past a water tower at the Leyden Junction in Jefferson County, Colorado. A crew member stands on top of a coal pile in the coal car.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Water towers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- D. N. W. & P. RR passenger train
- A Denver Northwestern & Pacific passenger train travels past a large rock wall along the Moffat Road in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Light carriage
- Two men ride a carriage past a large wood wagon. Tents are in the background.
- Carriages & coaches--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Industries construction men with early trucks at work near Alameda
- Workmen carry metal rods past pick-up trucks near the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Utility poles are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lifting & carrying--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- American Nettie Mine
- View of a long wooden building built along a sheer cliff in Ouray County, Colorado. A privy extends past the edge of the cliff. A smaller wooden structure is on a lower level.
- American Nettie Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Denver Globe Smelter
- View of the work yard at the Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan, and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. A worker pushes an ore cart on the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad tracks past a pile of loose rails. Shows brick...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1910.; Globe Smelter--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- On the road to Sneffles [sic]
- View of a gorge and a dirt road carved from a rocky cliff in either San Miguel County or Ouray County, Colorado. A horse-drawn surrey stops past a reinforced log embankment, and passengers stand on the road.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Aspen, Colorado and Roaring Fork River
- View of the town of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. The Roaring Fork River meanders past the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks. Prominent buildings include the Pitkin County Courthouse and possibly the Sampler Mine or the Argentum-Juniata Mine....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Aspen, Colo on the Colorado Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks wind past industrial smoke stacks near the Smuggler, Silver King, and Mollie Gibson Mines. Prominent buildings in town include St. Mary's Church, and the Wheeler...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Creede, Colorado
- View of commercial buildings in Upper Creede (Jim Town, Mineral County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grand Railroad tracks extend through town and past a water tank. Snow covers the steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grand Railroad--1900-1920.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Florence, Colo.
- View of the town of Florence (Fremont County), Colorado. Train tracks extend past the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company Depot. Planks are stacked near a fence at the Gibson Lumber Company yard. Signs on commercial buildings read: "The...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Florence (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Florence--1890-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Florence--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Keota panorama from railroad windmill tower
- A dirt road winds through the town of Keota, Colorado in Weld County, past a wood-frame boarding house with a flat roof. Commercial storefronts are along the road.
- Keota (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Keota--1950-1960.
- 1955 July 19
- Looking southwest at the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont
- View past tall bare cottonwood trees along the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, includes, brick commercial buildings, horse- drawn wagons and carriages and bicycles. Board walkways bridge the dirt street and the raised concrete...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Greene Street, Silverton
- View of Silverton, Colorado, west side of Greene Street, south from Fourteenth (14th) Street. A large mule train heads north, loaded with bundles. Men stand and are mounted on horses and mules. Street scene includes a boardwalk, ditch, elevated...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Uintah Hotel, Mack Colo.
- View past bare poplar trees lining the sidewalk to the long one- story gable roofed Uintah Railway Hotel, Mack, Colorado, only lodging in the company town, named for John Mack, president of Barber Asphalt Paving Company and the Uintah Railway...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Mack--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- Silverton and Kendall Peak
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast; shows the old school (a two-story frame structure with hipped-gable roof, projecting central tower, and belfry), the Grand Imperial Hotel (with mansard roof and numerous dormers), Congregational...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Silverton and Mount Kendall
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, along the line of 11th street. In the left, past the foreground of grass and rock dotted bluff, is the new three-story Silverton School. Beyond the school are the Grand Imperial Hotel, the San Juan...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- The Four Jacks, Platte Canon
- View of the Four Jacks granite rock formation in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; the South Platte River flows past large boulders; pine trees and bushes line the river banks.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--South Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Parade on Broadway
- Members of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, founded by Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, parade south on Broadway, past R. R. Hall Inc. Cadillac, LaSalle Sales and Service, Denver, Colorado. Banners read: "Aimee Semple McPherson,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- August 12, 1937
- Cloud-burst at Crippl-Creek [sic]
- View of flood water rushing down Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of men standing in front of Palace Drug Store (Bennett Avenue and South Second Street) watching wooden barrel sweep the road; two men, one with a shovel, holding the...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- A toddler wearing a dress and a hat walks past a row of miniature houses in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. Miniature streetlights are next to miniature sidewalks.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Carriage entrance to D. & R. G. Depot Manitou, Colorado
- View along the carriage entrance of the stone Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Railroad rails line the drive and "D. & R. G." is embossed on the metal catch boxes of the downspouts. Teams of horses...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Downspouts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1912
- Big snow of December 1913 Colfax and Broadway
- A man hauls his wagon load of snow past the Pioneer Monument on Cheyenne Street towards Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Scholtz Drug Company, Capitol Store, the State Capitol Building and the First United Presbyterian Church show in distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- December 1913
- Royal Gorge
- A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger train is westbound in Royal Gorge just past Hanging Bridge on the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. Coal smoke fills the air over the train and a rear open top observation car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad observation cars --Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Colorado State University
- College students walk past an academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The flagstone, glass, and aluminum structure is composed of flat-roofed blocks with horizontal lines.
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.
- December 4, 1968
- Colorado State University
- College students walk past an academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.
- December 4, 1968
- Colorado State University
- A college student walks past an academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Bicycles are locked in a rack by the flat-roofed structure.
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.
- December 4, 1968
- Main Street of Ouray looking north
- The Knights of Pythias ride horses past a judges' reviewing stand in a parade down Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A marching unit follows behind them. Signs include a sandwich board, painted building advertisements, and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Reviewing stands--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- View of standard or narrow gauge railroad tracks circling past mining smelter on edge of town, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes one-story log building and adjacent shed with vertical planks and gable roo; frame structure or smelter with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- #116 Nelson Packers in auto
- A man drives a carload of six women past a fruit-packing warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Warehouse fruit-packers stand behind stacks of fruit crates under the covered area adjacent to the building. Crates read: "North Fork Fruit, The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 22, 1909
- Paonia, Colo.
- Minnesota Creek flows past the town of Paonia, Colorado in Delta County.
- Minnesota Creek (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Paonia (Colo.)--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Bennett Avenue under construction, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado is under construction; terrace rock-work piles of native stone are in street; two women lead unsaddled horse past flag pole in center of street; scene includes substantial utility poles, women and men in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad boxcars, tracks across trestle bridge lead northwest past several small depots, businesses and houses built in the Arkansas River valley and the High School at the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- South Main St. looking south east
- A dirt road winds past a row of abandoned log buildings in Spar City (Fisher City, Lime Creek), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- 1960