Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Art Pfister
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies member Arthur "Art" Pfister sits on horseback and displays a ribbon during a gymkhana or rodeo competition in possibly Larimer County, Colorado. Shows people in an announcers stand beside a microphone and spectators at...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Contests--Colorado--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.;...
- [1958?]
- People's Fair ribbons and Denver City Building
- Picture of the City and County of Denver building with People's Fair ribbons during the People's Fair at the Civic Center Park in Denver.
- 2012 June 2
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 14
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 18
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Board Meeting Minutes
- Auraria Remembered
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They stand on Lincoln Avenue and wave Mexican and American flags.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006 March 25]
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park and on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in Denver, Colorado. Thousands of demonstrators move across Colfax Avenue towards the park and the capitol building. They carry...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [2006 March 25]
- Otis Taylor and the Shoe String Ball
- View of African American Otis Taylor sitting next to his shoe string ball at a shoe shine shop probably in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A sign over the door reads: "1655." The ball was started in 1926 by shoe shine, Jack Hughes....
- African Americans--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Shoe shiners.; Taylor, Otis--Pictorial works.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Shoe shiners--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2006
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 24, 1914 September 26
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 1 and 2, 1919 January - February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 11 and 12, 1920 November-December
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 1 and 2, 1922 January-February
- Victor riot scene
- A crowd of people in Victor watch uniformed National Guardsman and striking miners in the street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men point rifles toward people on 4th (Fourth) Street and Victor Avenue. Shows brick commercial buildings, the...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militias--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 June 6
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- People and horses stand beside an eroded Larimer street during a flood of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings in Auraria and the flooded South Platte River. Piles of probably people's belongings are beside a...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- The homeless, Victor's big fire
- View of large groups of people left homeless after a fire in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men, women and children stand around household belongings and furniture in numerous piles along hillside. Shows handcarts, buggies and wagons used to...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Homeless persons--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899 Aug. 21
- Kokomo
- Bird's eye view of buildings in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows roads, frame structures, probably mine buildings and snow on mountains in the distance.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- The California Limited leaving Los Angeles
- A view of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe railroad California Limited as it leaves the depot in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Well dressed people stand at the back of the train near an ornamental iron railing. People are near the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1880-1890.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Passengers--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Railroads--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- "Thug suspects" group of men in front of city jail
- A group of male suspects pose outside of a city jail probably in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads: "city jail".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Criminals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Jails--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902?
- Garfield Bathing House
- People walk on the dock of the Garfield Bathing House, and people swim in the waters of the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah. The bathhouse is a wood frame structure built on piers and features high pitched roofs and towers.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1880-1900.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Bathhouses--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The toboggan at the pool, Glenwood
- People use the slide at the Yampah (Yampa) Hot Springs pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado; a crowd of well dressed people watches from the side.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimming--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Water slides--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Provo valley, Utah
- View of a dirt road, a bridge, cultivated land, trees and the Wasatch Mountains in Utah Valley near Provo (Utah County), Utah. A horse-drawn wagon and people are stopped in an irrigation ditch. People and horses are on the road in the distance....
- Utah County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Utah Valley (Utah)--1880-1900.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1880-1900.; Corn--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.; Croplands--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.; Farms--Utah--Utah...
- [between 1881 and 1900?]
- Garfield Beach, Salt Lake
- People walk on the dock of the Saltair Pavilion, and people swim in the waters of Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah. The pavilion is a wood frame structure built on piers and features high pitched roofs and towers.
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1880-1900.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Saltair Resort (Utah)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.; Pavilions--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1900.; Piers & wharves--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Great Salt Lake, Salt Air Pavilion
- View of the Saltair Resort pavilion on Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. People are in water near the Moorish building with onion domes, finials, flags, arches, and tracery. Men stand near an advertisement on a rounded,...
- Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1900-1910.; Saltair Resort (Utah)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--Salt Lake County--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Utah--Salt Lake County--1900-1910.; Piers & wharves--Utah--Salt Lake...
- 1901
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior partial view of Peoples Furniture Company building with horse-drawn delivery wagon in front, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; "People's Furniture Co." is lettered on sideboard of wagon; series of signs on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1902]
- Wild Horse, Colorado
- In Wild Horse, Cheyenne County, Colorado, people celebrating Norwegian Independence crowd a frame business. A band poses; identified people include: Otto Goldberg (in profile behind bass drum), Don Collins (center boy on balcony), Judith J. Holt...
- Wild Horse (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Independence Day (Norway)--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.
- 1910 May 17
- Colorado coal mining
- Two people sit on a broken ore car track at what may be an abandoned coal mine once operated by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company in Colorado. The supports for the track have fallen away at a point just beyond where the couple sits, leaving track...
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Facilities--1920-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- A group of cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stands near a group of large kettles for boiling water in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears along white coat. The man in the center holds a long pole with a round bucket at one...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Trinidad flood
- View of the river and mudflats from the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. A half destroyed, one story adobe structure hangs over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River, its inner walls and floor boards exposed to view. Behind is a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Residence of Quapaw Indian agent - I. T.
- People pose on an open front porch at the home of the Agent for the Native American people of the Quapaw Agency in Oklahoma. The two story house features clapboard siding, double hung windows, a bay window, and a fenced yard.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Quapaw Agency--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Quapaw Indians--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Quapaw Reservation (Okla.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Indian...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Parade
- A crowd is gathered to view a parade, probably in Barbados. People dressed in costumes ride on a horse-drawn float decorated with a pumpkin carriage and a large butterfly. A Black man leads the team of horses. Billboard reads: "Remedial Loan...
- Blacks--Barbados--1920-1930.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Barbados--1920-1930.; Barbados--1920-1930.; Costumes--Barbados--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades)--Barbados--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Barbados--1920-1930.; Spectators--Barbados--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Parade float
- A crowd is gathered to view a parade, probably in Barbados. Several people dressed in costumes and masks ride on a horse-drawn float decorated with artifical, oversized flowers. A Black man leads the team of horses. Billboard reads: "Remedial Loan...
- Blacks--Barbados--1920-1930.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Florida--St. Augustine--1920-1930.; Costumes--Barbados--1920-1930.; Floats (Parades)--Florida--St. Augustine--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Florida--St. Augustine--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Manitou Springs
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays, its hipped gable roof and widow's walk has its dagged canvas awning partly retracted and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1891?]
- City Park
- A group of people pose in a boat near the floating bandstand in City Park, Denver Colorado. Canoes rest against the boat dock and people sit near the edge of Ferril Lake, near the pavilion and icehouse.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Circus
- Four people dressed in union suits with large tiger masks that cover the entire head pose near a circus tent, Sunflower (Flower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Three people stand on their hands and knees, one stands.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Masks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- 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]
- The People's Bank, Colorado Springs, Col. Jas. H. B. McFerran, president. Wm. Lewis Brosins, cashier.
- View of a bank in Colorado Springs (El Paso County) Colorado; shows men and boys posing by a stone building with signs: ""People's Bank," "City Hall," and "[Sweet] & Co. Grain."
- People's Bank (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- People's Bank, Main Street, Pueblo, Colorado. J. A. Lowther, cashier
- View of a bank in Pueblo (Pueblo County) Colorado; the brick building has stone quoins and a pedimented, mitred entry with signs: "People's Bank."
- People's Bank (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1880.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Pueblo--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- D&RGW observation car "Glenwood Canon" on rear of train #8 "The Panoramic Special," at Provo Utah
- People pose on the deck of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad observation car "Glenwood Canon," in Provo, Utah. A sign on the railing reads: "Panoramic Special;" people and depot buildings are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Provo (Utah)--1920-1930.; Passengers--Utah--Provo--1920-1930.; Railroad observation cars--Utah--Provo--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Utah--Provo--1920-1930.
- Summer, 1927
- Star hook and ladder co in 70's
- View of a street in Georgetown, Colorado, where ten members of the Georgetown Star Hook and Ladder Company stand in pairs holding a rope attached to the hook and ladder wagon. The firemen wear long underwear with a star on the chest, trunks, caps...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, pulling their hose cart. A man on horseback...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, preparing to pull their hose cart west on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Scenes of Georgetown, Colorado
- Montage of eight views, possibly of the Georgetown area. Top row: Bergen's big barn; Cresswell home, weathered house with gable roof, porch and people by fence. Second row: barn, home, and log house along a road; castle with crenelation and turret...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1990.
- [between 1930 and 1990?]
- After a race
- View of a crowd after a race on July 4, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, east on Sixth (Alpine) Street. Men in dark suits or band uniforms, women in white shirtwaists or dresses and hats, and children in knickers or white dresses mill about and talk...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Racing--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1897